How to Study the Bible Quotes

“The more you love the Scriptures, the firmer will be your faith. There is little backsliding when people love the Scriptures.”
― D.L. Moody, Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study

“When I pray, I talk to God, but when I read the Bible, God is talking to me; and it is really more important that God should speak to me than that I should speak to Him I believe we should know better how to pray if we knew our Bibles better. What is an army good for if they don’t know how to use their weapons?”
― D.L. Moody, Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study

“Read the Bible, my friends, as if you were seeking for something of value. It is a good deal better to take a single chapter, and spend a month on it, than to read the Bible at random for a month.”
― D.L. Moody, Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study

“I never saw a fruit-bearing Christian who was not a student of the Bible. If a man neglects his Bible, he may pray and ask God to use him in His work; but God cannot make use of him, for there is not much for the Holy Ghost to work upon. We must have the Word itself, which is sharper than any two-edged sword.”
― D.L. Moody, Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study

“God makes a promise; Faith believes it; Hope anticipates it; and Patience quietly awaits it.”
― D.L. Moody, Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study

“We should, however, remember that the object of the Bible is not to tell how good men are, but how bad men can become good.”
― D.L. Moody, Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study

“good way is to study Bible characters—take them right from the cradle to the grave. You find that skeptics often take one particular part of a man’s life—say, of the life of Jacob or of David—and judge the whole by that. They say these men were queer saints; and yet God did not punish them. If you go right through these men’s lives you will find that God did punish them, according to the sins they committed. A lady once said to me that she had trouble in reading the Bible, that she seemed to not feel the interest she ought. If you don’t keep up your interest in one way, try another. Never think you have to read the Bible by courses. PROPER NAMES. Another interesting study is the meaning of proper names. I need hardly remark that every name in the Bible, especially Hebrew names,”
― D.L. Moody, Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study

“A QUICKENING that will last must come through the Word of God. A man stood up in one of our meetings and said he hoped for enough out of the series of meetings to last him all his life. I told him he might as well try to eat enough breakfast at one time to last him his lifetime. That is a mistake that people are making; they are running to religious meetings and they think the meetings are going to do the work. But if these don’t bring you into closer contact with the Word of God, the whole impression will be gone in three months.”
― D.L. Moody, Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study

“It is the people who never open their Bibles and never study the Scriptures who become offended and discouraged and wonder why they are having such a hard time.”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“If you are strong-headed, read about Moses and Peter. If you lack courage, look at Elijah. If there is no song in your heart, listen to David. If you are a politician, read Daniel. If you are morally corrupt, read Isaiah. If your heart is cold, read of the beloved disciple, John. If your faith is low, read Paul. If you are getting lazy, learn from James. If you are losing sight of the future, read in Revelation of the Promised Land.”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“There’s not a denomination in the world that didn’t spring from a revival.”
― Dwight Lyman Moody, Pleasure and Profit in Bible Study and Anecdotes, Incidents and Illustrations

“It is a great thing for a boy or girl to know how to handle the Bible. What is an army good for if the soldiers don’t know how to handle their weapons?”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“A great many men are kept out of the Kingdom of God because they are looking for somebody else's experience.”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“When I pray, I talk to God, but when I read the Bible, God is talking to me; and it is really more important that God should speak to me than that I should speak to Him.”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my way. (Psalm 119:105)”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“When I pray, I talk to God, but when I read the Bible, God is talking to me;”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“A man isn’t worth much in battle if he has any doubt about his weapon,”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“The more you love the Scriptures, the stronger your faith will be. There is little backsliding when people love the Scriptures.”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“If a man neglects his Bible, he may pray and ask God to use him in His work, but God cannot use him, for there is not much for the Holy Spirit to work upon. We must have the Word itself, which is sharper than any two-edged sword.”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“But when they have told how they have been converted, the next thing is to feed on the Word. We are not fountains ourselves; but the Word of God is the true fountain.”
― D.L. Moody, Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study

“That is a mistake that people are making; they are running to religious meetings and they think the meetings are going to do the work. But if these don’t bring you into closer contact with the Word of God, the whole impression will be gone in three months.”
― D.L. Moody, Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study

“People can get along without your theories and opinions, "Thus saith the Lord" - that is what we want.”
― Dwight Lyman Moody, Pleasure and Profit in Bible Study and Anecdotes, Incidents and Illustrations

“When you walk about, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you. (Proverbs 6:22)”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“Some Christians read the Bible as a duty, if they read it at all; but as soon as a man or woman sees Christ as the greatest among ten thousand, the Bible becomes the revelation of the Father’s love and becomes a never-ending fascination.”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“Notice the I am statements of Christ from the gospel of John: ​• ​I am from above. (John 8:23) ​• ​I am not of this world. (John 8:23) ​• ​I am not of the world. (John 17:16) ​• ​Before Abraham was born, I AM. (John 8:58) ​• ​I AM the bread of life. (John 6:35) ​• ​I AM the light of the world. (John 8:12) ​• ​I AM the door. (John 10:9) ​• ​I AM the good shepherd. (John 10:11, 14) ​• ​I AM the way, and the truth, and the life (John 14:6). Pilate asked what truth was, and there it was, standing right before him. ​• ​I AM the resurrection and the life. (John 11:25)”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“People need to quit trusting in themselves and their religion and start trusting in Jesus.”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“Wherever there is a Bible-taught Christian, one who has his Bible well marked and who daily feeds upon the Word with prayerful meditation, he will not be easily offended. Those are the people who are growing in Christ and working for Him all the time.”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“Did you ever notice that the things in the Bible that people object to the most are the very things to which Christ has set His seal?”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“Read the Bible itself; do not spend all your time on commentaries and helps. If a man spent all his time reading up on the chemical constituents of bread and milk, he would soon starve. Devotional”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible

“Those who love Your law have great peace, and nothing causes”
― Dwight L. Moody, How to Study the Bible