Q. 157. How is the Word of God to be read?

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The holy Scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of them; with a firm persuasion that they are the very Word of God; and that he only can enable us to understand them; with desire to know, believe, and obey, the will of God revealed in them; with diligence, and attention to the matter and scope of them; with meditation, application, self-denial, and prayer.

Ps. 19:10; Neh. 8:3-10; Ex. 24:7; 2 Chron. 34:27; Isa. 66:2; 2 Pet. 1:19-21; Luke 24:45; 2 Cor. 3:13-16; Deut. 17:19-20; Acts 17:11; Acts 8:30, 34; Luke 10:26-28; Ps. 1:2; Ps. 119:97; 2 Chron. 34:21; Prov. 3:5; Deut. 33:3; Prov. 2:1-6; Ps.119:18; Neh. 8:6, 8.

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Psalm 19:10
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Psalm 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Nehemiah 8:3-10
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Nehemiah 8:3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
Exodus 24:7
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Exodus 24:7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
2 Chronicles 34:27
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2 Chronicles 34:27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 66:2
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Isaiah 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
also cited by 2
- CF 14.2
- CF 21.5
2 Peter 1:19-21
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2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
also cited by 2
- T 2.12
- LC 3
Luke 24:45
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Luke 24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
2 Corinthians 3:13-16
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2 Corinthians 3:13 And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
Deuteronomy 17:19-20
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Deuteronomy 17:19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
Acts 17:11
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Acts 17:11 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.
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Acts 8:30
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Acts 8:30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Acts 8:34
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Acts 8:34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
Luke 10:26-28
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Luke 10:26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
Psalm 1:2
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Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Psalm 119:97
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Psalm 119:97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
2 Chronicles 34:21
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2 Chronicles 34:21 Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.
Proverbs 3:5
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Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Deuteronomy 33:3
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Deuteronomy 33:3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words.
Proverbs 2:1-6
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Proverbs 2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Psalm 119:18
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Psalm 119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
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Nehemiah 8:6
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Nehemiah 8:6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Nehemiah 8:8
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Nehemiah 8:8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
also cited by 2
- LC 155
- SC 89

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