Bible Study Quotes

• In our prayers, we talk to God, in our Bible study, God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Christian, Letting Go, Prayer

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

  Kay Arthur

  Jesus, Goal, Abiding

  Kay Arthur (2001). “How to Study Your Bible”, p.115, Harvest House Publishers

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• Here then is the real problem of our negligence. We fail in our duty to study God's Word not so much because it is difficult to understand, not so much because it is dull and boring, but because it is work. Our problem is not a lack of intelligence or a lack of passion. Our problem is that we are lazy.

  R. C. Sproul

  Bible, Real, Passion

  "Knowing Scripture". Book by R. C. Sproul, 1977.

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• Bible study is the most essential ingredient in the believer's spiritual life, because it is only in study of the Bible as that is blessed by the Holy Spirit that Christians hear Christ and discover what it means to follow Him.

  James Montgomery Boice

  Christian, Spiritual, Blessed

  James Montgomery Boice (1998). “Christ's Call to Discipleship”, p.52, Kregel Publications

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• A Bible that’s falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn’t.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Fall, Biblical, Falling Apart

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• The Spirit is not given to make Bible study needless, but to make it effective.

  J. I. Packer

  Spirit, Study, Given

  J. I. Packer (1958). “"Fundamentalism" and the Word of God”, p.112, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• Bible study is essential to spiritual maturity.

  Howard G. Hendricks

  Spiritual, Maturity, Essentials

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  I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Bible, Book, Believe

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• Bible study is the metal that forges a Christian.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Christian, Study, Metals

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• Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds

  Paul the Apostle

  Bible, Submission To God, Priorities In Life

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• No educated man can afford to be ignorant of the Bible.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Ignorant, Educated

  Theodore Roosevelt (1911). “Realizable ideals: (the Earl lectures)”

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• Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Christian, Exclusion, Spiritual Perfection

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• Do not study commentaries, lesson helps or other books about the Bible: study the Bible itself. Do not study about the Bible, study the Bible. The Bible is the Word of God, and only the Bible is the Word of God.

  R. A. Torrey

  Book, Lessons, Helping

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• Ninety-nine Christians in every hundred are merely playing at Bible study; and therefore ninety-nine Christians in every hundred are mere weaklings, when they might be giants, both in their Christian life and in their service.

  R. A. Torrey

  Christian, Ninety Nine, Giants

  R. A. Torrey (2015). “D. L. Moody - Why God Used”, p.9, Editora Dracaena

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• Without implementation, all of our Bible studies are worthless.

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Religion, Study

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• It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

  Horace Greeley

  Bible, Reading, Biblical

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• I think a lot of people, even Christians, are willing to be satisfied with gaining lots and lots of biblical knowledge - and many people go to Bible studies and don't realize it isn't enough to know what's right, it's applying the information and the knowledge that you have.

  Charles Stanley

  Christian, Biblical, Thinking

  "Dr. Charles Stanley: Learning to Walk Wisely". Interview with Craig von Buseck, www.cbn.com.

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• Anything that dims my vision for Christ, or takes away my taste for Bible study, or cramps me in my prayer life, or makes Christian work difficult, is wrong for me; and I must, as a Christian turn away from it.

  J. Chapman

  Life, Christian, Prayer

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• The hardest part of a missionary career is to maintain regular, prayerful Bible study. Satan will always find you something to do, when you ought to be occupied about that - if it is only arranging a window blind!

  Hudson Taylor

  Christian, Careers, Missionary

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• There's an old saying that nothing good happens fast. I don't know if that's altogether true, but it does have some bearing on Bible study.

  Howard G. Hendricks

  Doe, Study, Old Saying

  Howard G. Hendricks, William D. Hendricks (2007). “Living By the Book: The Art and Science of Reading the Bible”, p.61, Moody Publishers

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• I cannot too greatly emphasize the importance and value of Bible study - more important than ever before in these days of uncertainties, when men and woman are apt to decide questions from the standpoint of expediency rather than the eternal principles laid down by God, Himself.

  John Wanamaker

  Men, Important, Principles

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• The infallibility and inerrancy of biblical teaching does not, however, guarantee the infallibility and inerrancy of any interpretation or interpreter of that teaching; nor does the recognition of its qualities as the Word of God in any way prejudge the issue as to what Scripture does, in fact, assert. This can be determined only by careful Bible study.

  J. I. Packer

  Teaching, Biblical, Issues

  J. I. Packer (1958). “"Fundamentalism" and the Word of God”, p.96, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• The deadening part of Bible study is when you think you've already got it all figured out.

  Philip Yancey

  Thinking, Study

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• Scientific accuracy confirms the Bible is the Word of God.

  Adrian Rogers

  Biblical Worldview, Faith In God, Accuracy

  Adrian Rogers, Steve Rogers (2012). “What Every Christian Ought to Know”, p.8, B&H Publishing Group

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• I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Believe, Men, Best Christian

  "The Watchtower" magazine, 1992.

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