A study Bible or a commentary can be useful. It can also become a habit that quietly takes over the work you were supposed to do yourself.
Kay Arthur, who founded Precept Ministries, called those study aids “pre-chewed food.” Someone else has already broken the passage down, decided what it means, and handed you the conclusion. It goes down easy. It also never becomes strength, because your own jaw never did anything.
The Holy Spirit is the teacher Scripture actually promises you, and He does not teach everyone the same lesson from the same verse. What He highlights for your life this week may not be what He highlights for the person sitting next to you, or even for you a year from now. A commentary cannot know that. It was written for a general reader, not for you.
So read first. Wrestle with the passage on your own before you open anything that claims to have already settled it. Save the study aids for after, to check your work or fill a gap, not to do the chewing for you.