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.

Proofs

The holy scriptures are to be read with an high and reverent esteem of them; (Psalm 19:10; Nehemiah 8:3–6, 10; Exodus 24:7; 2 Chronicles 34:27; Isaiah 66:2)
with a firm persuasion that they are the very word of God, (2 Peter 1:19–21)
and that he only can enable us to understand them; (Luke 24:45; 2 Corinthians 3:13–16)
with desire to know, believe, and obey the will of God revealed in them; (Deuteronomy 17:10, 20)
with diligence, (Acts 17:11)
and attention to the matter and scope of them; (Acts 8:30, 34; Luke 10:26–28)
with meditation, (Psalms 1:2; 119:97)
application, (2 Chronicles 34:21)
self-denial, (Proverbs 3:5; Deuteronomy 33:3)
and prayer. (Proverbs 2:1–6; Psalm 119:18; Nehemiah 7:6, 8)