Bible Handbook

How to Read and Study the Bible

• Nehemiah 8:8. Whether reading alone or before others, pronounce every word distinctly, giving the sense. Testimonies for the Church 6:380-383. BHB 7.12

• Luke 10:26. Jesus laid as much stress on the reading of the Scriptures as on what they contained. The Great Controversy, 598. BHB 7.13

• 2 Timothy 2:7. “Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.” Education, 189. BHB 7.14

• Daniel 10:11. “Understand the words that I speak unto thee.” The Great Controversy, 599, 600.Matthew 28:20. The disciples’ commission was to teach what Christ had commanded. BHB 8.1

• 2 Timothy 4:2. Paul charged Timothy to preach the Word. The Acts of the Apostles, 506. BHB 8.2

• Revelation 22:18; Proverbs 30:5, 6. No one is to add to, or take from, the words of God. God has expressed the thoughts He intended to convey, and we are to study the words and get from them the thoughts He designed to convey when He gave the words. Education, 227. BHB 8.3

• Jeremiah 23:28. Man’s words are but chaff when compared with the words of God. The Acts of the Apostles, 474, 475. BHB 8.4