Benefits of Bible Study

The BIble is a most extraordinary book! There are many benefits gained from giving it our attention. This page lists some of those and links (eventually) to studies of such things!

First we will look at Psalm 1, Psalm 19, and Psalm 119, and below we will look at benefits described by the New Testament.

Psalm 1

People who know the Word, who study and meditate on it are like…

A tree planted by streams of water / never left dry!
Yields fruit in season / has good things produced from his life
His leaf does not wither / evergreen kind of life!
In all that he does, he prospers / has a sense of success
God knows and recognizes the path that they walk

Psalm 19

The Word can help you revive your soul
The Word can make even the simple person wise
The Word can bring joy to a downtrodden heart
The Word can bring enlightenment to the eyes of a person
The Word will be there forever!
The Word can bring righteousness.
The Word can help you avoid pitfalls
The Word can help you find great reward
The Word can help you from being ruled by sin
The Word can make you blameless

Psalm 119

This is a partial list of this massive Psalm, which is made up of many smaller psalms. These are the more obvious of the benefits of knowing the words listed therein. There would be many more with a more careful examination of this passage.

The Word blesses / Psalm 119:1, 56
God’s Word helps us learn righteousness / Psalm 119:7
The Word helps us to avoid sin / Psalm 119:11
The Word is like a counselor / Psalm 119:24
The Word gives life when you feel like your dying / Psalm 119:25, 40, 93, 149
The Word strengthens you / Psalm 119:28
The Word enlargens our hearts / Psalm 119:32
The Word confirms God’s promises / Psalm 119:38
The Word brings salvation / Psalm 119:41
The Word provides answers / Psalm 119:42
The Word brings us life in wide places / Psalm 119:45
The Word brings grace / Psalm 119:58
The Word brings companions / Psalm 119:63
The Word is valuable / Psalm 119:72
The Word brings praise to God through your life / Psalm 119:74
The Word brings comfort / Psalm 119:76
The Word brings wisdom / Psalm 119:100
The Word brings light to our feet / Psalm 119:105, 130

New Testament

Here are the explicit benefits of Scripture, studying and knowing it, as described in the New Testament. There are many, many more implied by scripture. The benefits are numerous, and probably incalculable.

The Gospels

It is like bread for the soul, you can sustain life with it. Matthew 4:4
It tells us what God is doing; particularly with a savior. Matthew 4:14
The Old Testament points directly at Jesus. Matthew 4:17, Luke 24:27
They point to eternal life, Jesus. John 5:30-46
It cannot be broken, it is solid. John 10:35ff

Paul’s Epistles

They bear witness of Jesus and salvation. Romans 3:21ff
They were written for our benefit. Romans 4:23-24
Written to give us hope. Romans 15:4
Given to give us some guardrails for life. 1 Corinthians 4:6
Washes us to present us to Christ. Ephesians 5:26
Is like a weapon to defend and combat evil. Ephesians 6:17
It can dwell in us and help us to serve each other. Colossians 3:16
The Word makes other parts of life holy. 1 Timothy 4:4-5
The Word of God can work even when you cannot. 2 Timothy 2:9ff
Can make us approved by God. 2 Timothy 2:14-15
Is profitable in the determination of what is true, what is false, what is good lifestyle, what is bad. 2 Timothy 3:16

General Epistles and Revelation

It is alive, and lays us bear before God so that we can grow and be fixed (challenged). Hebrews 4:12
It is good. Hebrews 6:5
It is the source of making us new like creatures. James 1:18
It is able to save us, if we put it into practice. James 1:21
It remains forever. 1 Peter 1:25
It is like spiritual milk that can help you grow. 1 Peter 2:1
It comes from the will of God and not man, so it can be trusted. 2 Peter 1:21
It can abide in us and live in us and help us defeat evil. 1 John 2:14
It can bless us and make us blessed. Revelation 20:7