Acts 17:11

Good News Translation

The people there were more open-minded than the people in Thessalonica. They listened to the message with great eagerness, and every day they studied the Scriptures to see if what Paul said was really true.

Cross References

Job 23:12

I always do what God commands; I follow his will, not my own desires.

Psalm 119:100

I have greater wisdom than those who are old, because I obey your commands.

Psalm 119:148

All night long I lie awake, to meditate on your instructions.

Psalm 119:97

How I love your law! I think about it all day long.

Proverbs 1:5

These proverbs can even add to the knowledge of the wise and give guidance to the educated,

Proverbs 8:10

Choose my instruction instead of silver; choose knowledge rather than the finest gold.

Proverbs 9:9

Anything you say to the wise will make them wiser. Whatever you tell the righteous will add to their knowledge.

Isaiah 34:16

Search in the Lord's book of living creatures and read what it says. Not one of these creatures will be missing, and not one will be without its mate. The Lord has commanded it to be so; he himself will bring them together.

Isaiah 8:20

You are to answer them, “Listen to what the Lord is teaching you! Don't listen to mediums—what they tell you cannot keep trouble away.”

Jeremiah 2:21

I planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. But look what you have become! You are like a rotten, worthless vine.

Matthew 13:23

And the seeds sown in the good soil stand for those who hear the message and understand it: they bear fruit, some as much as one hundred, others sixty, and others thirty.”

Luke 1:2

They wrote what we have been told by those who saw these things from the beginning and who proclaimed the message.

Luke 11:3

Give us day by day the food we need.

Luke 16:29

Abraham said, ‘Your brothers have Moses and the prophets to warn them; your brothers should listen to what they say.’

Luke 24:44

Then he said to them, “These are the very things I told you about while I was still with you: everything written about me in the Law of Moses, the writings of the prophets, and the Psalms had to come true.”

John 3:21

But those who do what is true come to the light in order that the light may show that what they did was in obedience to God.

John 5:39

You study the Scriptures, because you think that in them you will find eternal life. And these very Scriptures speak about me!

Acts 10:33

And so I sent for you at once, and you have been good enough to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God, waiting to hear anything that the Lord has instructed you to say.”

Acts 11:1

The apostles and the other believers throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

Acts 17:1

Paul and Silas traveled on through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue.

Acts 2:41

Many of them believed his message and were baptized, and about three thousand people were added to the group that day.

Deuteronomy 29:29

“There are some things that the Lord our God has kept secret; but he has revealed his Law, and we and our descendants are to obey it forever.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

You imitated us and the Lord; and even though you suffered much, you received the message with the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And there is another reason why we always give thanks to God. When we brought you God's message, you heard it and accepted it, not as a message from human beings but as God's message, which indeed it is. For God is at work in you who believe.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

and use every kind of wicked deceit on those who will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and love the truth so as to be saved.

James 1:21

So get rid of every filthy habit and all wicked conduct. Submit to God and accept the word that he plants in your hearts, which is able to save you.

1 Peter 2:2

Be like newborn babies, always thirsty for the pure spiritual milk, so that by drinking it you may grow up and be saved.