Acts 17:11

Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

Cross References (31)

  • Isaiah 34:16 (28)

    Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ord

  • Proverbs 2:1–5 (26)

    My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

  • John 5:39 (22)

    You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that te

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:13 (18)

    And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as t

  • Matthew 13:23 (15)

    But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a cr

  • 1 Peter 1:10–12 (15)

    Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,

  • Proverbs 9:9 (11)

    Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.

  • 2 Peter 1:19–21 (11)

    We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a la

  • Proverbs 1:5 (10)

    let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel

  • 2 Timothy 3:15–17 (9)

    From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ J

  • 2 Thessalonians 2:10 (8)

    and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth tha

  • John 3:21 (8)

    But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been acco

  • 1 Thessalonians 1:6 (8)

    And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite o

  • 1 Peter 2:2 (5)

    Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

  • Psalms 1:2–3 (5)

    But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.

  • Proverbs 8:10 (5)

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

  • Isaiah 8:20 (5)

    To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

  • Luke 24:44 (5)

    Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is

  • James 1:21 (4)

    Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can

  • Psalms 119:97 (4)

    Oh, how I love Your law! All day long it is my meditation.

  • Psalms 119:100 (4)

    I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.

  • Psalms 119:148 (4)

    My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.

  • Acts 10:33 (3)

    So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to lis

  • Job 23:12 (3)

    I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.

  • 1 John 4:5–6 (3)

    They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.

  • Acts 2:41 (3)

    Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.

  • Acts 17:1 (2)

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

  • Jeremiah 2:21 (2)

    I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild

  • Luke 16:29 (2)

    But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’

  • Acts 11:1 (2)

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

  • John 1:45–49 (1)

    Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—