Acts 17:11

New Century Version

These people were more willing to listen than the people in Thessalonica. The Bereans were eager to hear what Paul and Silas said and studied the Scriptures every day to find out if these things were true.

Cross References

Isaiah 34:16

Look at the Lord’s scroll and read what is written there: None of these will be missing; none will be without its mate. God has given the command, so his Spirit will gather them together.

John 5:39

You carefully study the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. They do in fact tell about me,

1 Thessalonians 2:13

Also, we always thank God because when you heard his message from us, you accepted it as the word of God, not the words of humans. And it really is God’s message which works in you who believe.

Matthew 13:23

But what is the seed that fell on the good ground? That seed is like the person who hears the teaching and understands it. That person grows and produces fruit, sometimes a hundred times more, sometimes sixty times more, and sometimes thirty times more.”

Proverbs 9:9

Teach the wise, and they will become even wiser; teach good people, and they will learn even more.

Proverbs 1:5

Wise people can also listen and learn; even they can find good advice in these words.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you became like us and like the Lord. You suffered much, but still you accepted the teaching with the joy that comes from the Holy Spirit.

John 3:21

But those who follow the true way come to the light, and it shows that the things they do were done through God.”

2 Thessalonians 2:10

He will use every kind of evil to trick those who are lost. They will die, because they refused to love the truth. (If they loved the truth, they would be saved.)

1 Peter 2:2

As newborn babies want milk, you should want the pure and simple teaching. By it you can mature in your salvation,

Luke 24:44

He said to them, “Remember when I was with you before? I said that everything written about me must happen—everything in the law of Moses, the books of the prophets, and the Psalms.”

Isaiah 8:20

You should follow the teachings and the agreement with the Lord. The mediums and fortune-tellers do not speak the word of the Lord, so their words are worth nothing.

Proverbs 8:10

Choose my teachings instead of silver, and knowledge rather than the finest gold.

James 1:21

So put out of your life every evil thing and every kind of wrong. Then in gentleness accept God’s teaching that is planted in your hearts, which can save you.

Psalm 119:148

I stay awake all night so I can think about your promises.

Psalm 119:100

I have more understanding than the elders, because I follow your orders.

Psalm 119:97

How I love your teachings! I think about them all day long.

Acts 10:33

So I sent for you immediately, and it was very good of you to come. Now we are all here before God to hear everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us.”

Acts 2:41

Then those people who accepted what Peter said were baptized. About three thousand people were added to the number of believers that day.

Job 23:12

I have never left the commands he has spoken; I have treasured his words more than my own.

Acts 17:1

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

Acts 11:1

The apostles and the believers in Judea heard that some who were not Jewish had accepted God’s teaching too.

Luke 16:29

But Abraham said, ‘They have the law of Moses and the writings of the prophets; let them learn from them.’

Jeremiah 2:21

But I planted you as a special vine, as a very good seed. How then did you turn into a wild vine that grows bad fruit?

Deuteronomy 29:29

There are some things the Lord our God has kept secret, but there are some things he has let us know. These things belong to us and our children forever so that we will do everything in these teachings.

Luke 1:2

They have written the same things that we learned from others—the people who saw those things from the beginning and served God by telling people his message.

Luke 11:3

Give us the food we need for each day.