You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source, of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth.
14 I
behaved [halak] myself as though he had been my friend [rea`] or brother ['ach]: I bowed
down [shachach] heavily [qadar], as one that mourneth ['abel] for his mother ['em]. KJV-Interlinear
14 I went
about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his
mother, I bowed down in mourning. ESV