Acts 17:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The people here were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, since they received the word with eagerness and examined  the Scriptures  daily to see if these things were so.

Cross References

Isaiah 34:16

Search and read the scroll of the  Lord: Not one of them will be missing, none will be lacking its mate, because he has ordered it by my   mouth, and he will gather them by his Spirit.

John 5:39

You pore over the Scriptures   because you think you have eternal life in them, and yet they testify about me.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

This is why we constantly thank God, because when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you welcomed it not as a human message, but as it truly is,  the word of God,  which also works effectively in you who believe.

Matthew 13:23

But the one sown on the good ground #– #this is one who hears and understands the word, who does produce fruit and yields: some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty times what was sown.’

Proverbs 9:9

Instruct the wise, and he will be wiser still; teach the righteous, and he will learn more.

Proverbs 1:5

let a wise person listen and increase learning, and let a discerning person obtain guidance –

1 Thessalonians 1:6

and you yourselves became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message  with joy from the Holy Spirit.

John 3:21

But anyone who lives by   the truth comes to the light, so that his works   may be shown to be accomplished by God.’

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with every wicked deception among those who are perishing. They perish because they did not accept the love of the truth and so be saved.

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn infants, desire the pure milk of the word,  , so that by it you may grow up into your salvation,

Luke 24:44

He told them, ‘These are my words   that I spoke to you while I was still with you #– #that everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets,   and the Psalms   must be fulfilled.’

Isaiah 8:20

Go to God’s instruction and testimony!  If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.

Proverbs 8:10

Accept my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.

James 1:21

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent,  humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Acts 10:33

So I immediately sent for you, and it was good of you to come. So now we are all in the presence of God to hear everything you have been commanded by the Lord.’

Acts 2:41

So those who accepted his message were baptised, and that day about three thousand people were added to them.

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commands from his lips; I have treasured  the words  from his mouth more than my daily food.

Acts 17:1

After they passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica,  where there was a Jewish synagogue.

Acts 11:1

The apostles and the brothers and sisters who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

Luke 16:29

‘But Abraham said, “They have Moses and the prophets;   they should listen to them.”

Jeremiah 2:21

I planted you, a choice vine from the very best seed. How then could you turn into a degenerate, foreign vine?

Deuteronomy 29:29

The hidden things belong to the Lord our God, but the revealed things belong to us and our children for ever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.

Luke 1:2

just as the original eye-witnesses  and servants of the word  handed them down to us.

Luke 11:3

Give us each day our daily bread.   ,