Acts 17:11

New Living Translation

And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.

Cross References

Job 23:12

I have not departed from his commands, but have treasured his words more than daily food.

Psalm 119:100

I am even wiser than my elders, for I have kept your commandments.

Psalm 119:148

I stay awake through the night, thinking about your promise.

Psalm 119:97

Oh, how I love your instructions! I think about them all day long.

Proverbs 1:5

Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser. Let those with understanding receive guidance

Proverbs 8:10

Choose my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.

Proverbs 9:9

Instruct the wise, and they will be even wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn even more.

Isaiah 34:16

Search the book of the Lord, and see what he will do. Not one of these birds and animals will be missing, and none will lack a mate, for the Lord has promised this. His Spirit will make it all come true.

Isaiah 8:20

Look to God’s instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark.

Jeremiah 2:21

But I was the one who planted you, choosing a vine of the purest stock—the very best. How did you grow into this corrupt wild vine?

Matthew 13:23

The seed that fell on good soil represents those who truly hear and understand God’s word and produce a harvest of thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as had been planted!”

Luke 1:2

They used the eyewitness reports circulating among us from the early disciples.

Luke 11:3

Give us each day the food we need,

Luke 16:29

“But Abraham said, ‘Moses and the prophets have warned them. Your brothers can read what they wrote.’

Luke 24:44

Then he said, “When I was with you before, I told you that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms must be fulfilled.”

John 3:21

But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.”

John 5:39

“You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!

Acts 10:33

So I sent for you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here, waiting before God to hear the message the Lord has given you.”

Acts 11:1

Soon the news reached the apostles and other believers in Judea that the Gentiles had received the word of God.

Acts 17:1

Paul and Silas then traveled through the towns of Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.

Acts 2:41

Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all.

Deuteronomy 29:29

“The Lord our God has secrets known to no one. We are not accountable for them, but we and our children are accountable forever for all that he has revealed to us, so that we may obey all the terms of these instructions.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

So you received the message with joy from the Holy Spirit in spite of the severe suffering it brought you. In this way, you imitated both us and the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

Therefore, we never stop thanking God that when you received his message from us, you didn’t think of our words as mere human ideas. You accepted what we said as the very word of God—which, of course, it is. And this word continues to work in you who believe.

2 Thessalonians 2:10

He will use every kind of evil deception to fool those on their way to destruction, because they refuse to love and accept the truth that would save them.

James 1:21

So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls.

1 Peter 2:2

Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment,