Acts 17:11

English Standard Version 2016

Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

Cross References

Isaiah 34:16

Seek and read from the book of the Lord: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the Lord has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.

John 5:39

You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

Matthew 13:23

As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”

Proverbs 9:9

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

Proverbs 1:5

Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance,

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

John 3:21

But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—

Luke 24:44

Then he said to 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 and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

Isaiah 8:20

To the teaching and to the testimony! If they will not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn.

Proverbs 8:10

Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold,

James 1:21

Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Psalm 119:148

My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.

Psalm 119:100

I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.

Psalm 119:97

Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.

Acts 10:33

So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”

Acts 2:41

So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

Job 23:12

I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.

Acts 17:1

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.

Acts 11:1

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

Luke 16:29

But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’

Jeremiah 2:21

Yet I planted you a choice vine, wholly of pure seed. How then have you turned degenerate and become a wild vine?

Deuteronomy 29:29

“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Luke 1:2

just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us,

Luke 11:3

Give us each day our daily bread,