Bible Verses About Studying the Bible
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for studying the bible, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,845 votes, led by 2 Timothy 3:16-17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Studying the Bible
2 Timothy 3:16-17572 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Joshua 1:8382 votes
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
2 Timothy 3:14-17308 votes
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
Psalms 119:105273 votes
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalms 119:11271 votes
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
2 Timothy 2:15237 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Proverbs 3:1-2217 votes
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
1 Peter 3:15204 votes
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Deuteronomy 11:18-23161 votes
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Psalms 119:18159 votes
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Romans 12:2152 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Acts 17:11143 votes
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Hebrews 4:12130 votes
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Psalms 119:9123 votes
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
James 1:22102 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Ephesians 6:11-17100 votes
Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
John 8:3295 votes
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Proverbs 2:1-587 votes
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Acts 8:3082 votes
And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
2 Timothy 3:1-1776 votes
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
John 1:174 votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
1 John 2:2768 votes
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
John 13:1762 votes
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
John 5:39-4061 votes
Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
John 6:6360 votes
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
What does the Bible say about studying the bible?
Readers most often cite 2 Timothy 3:16-17 on the subject of studying the bible. Across 5,845 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Joshua 1:8, 2 Timothy 3:14-17, Psalms 119:105. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.