Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it, for the time is near.
Revelation 1:3 (NASB)
Instructions for hope
For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Romans 15:4 (NASB)
The Scriptures for Learning
“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.”