Deut 8:3, Mt 4:4, Jn 6:49-51, Jn 17:3, 2 Pt 1:2,8, 2 Pt 3:18, Phil 3:8
Blessed are those who enjoy the word of God and meditate on it day and night. (Psalm 1:1-2)
Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
In the Old Testament, God made the Israelites know that man can live by all the words of God. (Deut 8:3)
Deut 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
Jesus also quoted the Old Testament to say that man can live by all the words of God. (Matthew 4:4)
Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Jesus is God's word of life and the bread of our life. (1 John 1:1-2, John 6:49-51)
1 John 1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
John 6:49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Eternal life is knowing God and the one whom God sent, Jesus is the Christ. (John 17:3)
John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
We need to know deeply that Jesus is the Christ throughout the Old and New Testaments. (2 Pet 1:2,8, 2 Pet 3:18, Philippians 3:8)
2 Pet 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Pet 3:18 rist. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Philippians 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,