If you cannot be accused of exclusivity, you are not discipling.
Nothing is more common than unfulfilled potential.
Teaching that impacts is not head to head, but heart to heart.
A good leader has a compass in their head and a magnet in their heart.
So the first reason for studying Scripture is that it is a means of spiritual growth. There is none apart from the Word. It is God's primary tool to develop you as an individual.
The Bible was written not to satisfy your curiosity but to help you conform to Christ's image. Not to make you a smarter sinner but to make you like the Saviour. Not to fill your head with a collection of biblicalfacts but to transform your life.