20 Benefits from Reading the Bible

2 Timothy 3:16-17

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

• The bible reveals the will of God for mankind

• The bible teaches how to live a life pleasing to God

• The bible corrects

• The bible prepares one with answers for others

Psalm 119:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

• The bible reveals a persons present state as well as direction for the future

Joshua 1:8

This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

• The bible builds the foundation for a person to prosper and be successful by transformingtheir speaking, thinking and doing

Romans 15:4

For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

• The bible gives hope in a hopeless world

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

• The bible reveals a person’s true motives

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

• The bible facilitates growth and development

Roman 10:17

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

• The bible develops faith for believing God

John 8:32

And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

• The bible liberates

Ephesians 6:10-17

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

• The bible is the Christians sword for fighting the powers of darkness

Psalm 1:1-2

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.

• The bible brings God’s blessings

Luke 10:41-42

But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her

• The bible comforts and removes anxiety

1 John 5:14-15

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

• The bible gives the needed confidence for petitioning God

• The bible reveals the will of God

Psalm 56:4

In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

• The bible removes fear

Matthew 7:24-25

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God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

• The bible gives confidence that God can be trusted because he cannot lie

James 1:25

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

The bible persistently obeyed allows God to bless the works of a person’s hands

• The Bible brings stability and prosperity to an unstable life

Psalm 1:2-3

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.