Quotes about Study

To pray well is the better half of study.

Ultimately, the goal of personal Bible study is a transformed life and a deep and abiding relationship with Jesus Christ.

The more profoundly we study this wonderful book [the Bible], and the more closely we observe its divine precept, the better citizens we will become and the higher will be our destiny as a nation.

The more profoundly we study this wonderful book [the Bible], and the more closely we observe its divine precept, the better citizens we will become and the higher will be our destiny as a nation.

There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.

The ultimate goal of theology isn't knowledge, but worship.

Knowledge of the Bible never comes by intuition. It can only be obtained by diligent, regular, daily, attentive reading.

The hallucinations of alcoholics provide us with an opportunity to study crowds as they appear in the minds of individuals.

I was twelve. I believed profoundly. During the day I studied the Talmud, and at night I ran to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple.

Application is why we study the Bible.

When you study God's Word and incorporate His wisdom and principles into your daily life, your whole perspective will change.

To relate to God's word this way requires us to get beyond using the Bible merely as a textbook to study, a book of proof texts for arguments, or a promise book to which we occasionally turn. Cherishing God's word requires us to seek the perspective of the psalmist who, distancing himself from the proud and the scoffers of his day, says of the man who is walking with God, "His delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night" (Psalm 1:2).