Threes

In your topical guide, topic review- I have found that linking scriptures numerically and forming creative phrases or ideas can help you remember verses and scriptures.  For example these profound scriptures identified from: Jesus Christ, Mission Of,

Hebrews 5:9- "source of eternal salvation"

Mosiah 3: 9- "that salvation might come unto the children of men"

Hebrews 9:15- "mediator of the new covenant"

Each verse has 9 identified, and multiply 5 and 3. And Hebrews and King Mosiah shop at H&M.  

List

A common feature of Scripture Man has been the identification of the effective learning tool of Lists. Here is one that I found:

1) We strive to live worthy of the spirit.
2) We must be willing to receive the spirit.
3) we must recognize the spirit when it comes, and
4) we must act on the first prompting.
Elder Rasband

A great exercise with this list, or any list, is to identify a scriptural character with the listed item.

Learned At Church

A great power to your study is writing down the things you learn from lessons at Church.  I enjoyed three thoughts from Sunday worship:

1) the significance of the words bare/bear testimony; origin: bear- to carry with you, and bare- to cleanse.

2) the compounded interest (time) and the mountain of evidence (gospel study, scriptures) required in building one's testimony.

3) the pattern of perfection identified through payment of  your Tithes and Offerings.

Such a study from these messages given brings meaning to your learning, but causes one to be more mentally involved  in worship exercises.

How The Temple II

Abraham was an "everyman" according to Hugh Nibley.  He wasn't loaded materially- yet, he had what he needed.  He endured his lot, and sacrificed all for the Lord.  He could have had it all, but relinquished material things or Pharoah's honor for a knowledge toward heavenly constellations- as a rightful heir.

Here described is what he sought:

Abraham 1:

2 And, finding there was greater happiness and peace and rest for me, I sought for the blessings of the fathers, and the right whereunto I should be ordained to administer the same; having been myself a follower of righteousness, desiring also to be one who possessed great knowledge, and to be a greater follower of righteousness, and to possess a greater knowledge, and to be a father of many nations, a prince of peace, and desiring to receive instructions, and to keep the commandments of God, I became a rightful heir, a High Priest, holding the right belonging to the fathers.

If we hold this type of belief and desire for seeking divine knowledge, through our temple worship and service- Wow, what a difference!

Use Of Hymns

An effective way to enhance your scriptural study is to place hymns as a part of your learning. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland used this most recently in his April 2017 conference message, for example:

We then take courage from His ability to hear our silence and take hope from His melodious messianic intercession in our behalf. Truly it is “when the Lord is near” that “the dove of peace sings in my heart [and] the flow’rs of grace appear.” (Sunshine In My Soul, 227- LDS Hymnal)
Doctrine and Covenants 38:4

My take:

As we travel through our life's path, we are not alone- he will..."lead thou me on" forward to "the distant scene, one step for me" with his and his "angel faces smile(ing)" on me. (Lead Kindly Light, 97- LDS Hymnal)
Psalm 43:3

Topic Study

Scripture Man loved it when one of the LDS General Conference speakers suggested studying the life of Jesus Christ by reviewing all topics related to him in the Topical Guide of the scriptures.

'Earlier this year, I asked the young adults of the Church to consecrate a portion of their time each week to study everything Jesus said and did as recorded in the standard works.9 I invited them to let the scriptural citations about Jesus Christ in the Topical Guide become their personal core curriculum.10

I gave that challenge because I had already accepted it myself. I read and underlined every verse cited about Jesus Christ, as listed under the main heading and the 57 subtitles in the Topical Guide.11 When I finished that exciting exercise, my wife asked me what impact it had on me. I told her, “I am a different man!” Russell M. Nelson

I started one today with my son, Jesus Christ, Advocate.

Scripture Man used this method when he reviewed the Topical Guide study of, Vessel.  This entry of November 6th describes the topic study pattern:

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Dive

"Scriptures are like packets of light", Elder Richard Scott said.  A topical guide dive is such a "packets of light" experience:

From my dive, the topic Vessel. I really liked these scriptures:

be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord: Isa. 52:11 ; ( 3 Ne. 20:41 ; D&C 38:42 ; D&C 133:5 ; ) (Topical Guide, Vessel)

6 O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. (Old Testament, Jeremiah, Jeremiah 18)

48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. (New Testament, Matthew, Matthew 13)

4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; (New Testament, 1 Thessalonians, 1 Thessalonians 4)

23 Do ye suppose that God will look upon you as guiltless while ye sit still and behold these things? Behold I say unto you, Nay. Now I would that ye should remember that God has said that the inward vessel shall be cleansed first, and then shall the outer vessel be cleansed also. (Book of Mormon, Alma, Alma 60)