Cross references

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.

Acts 17:11 BSB
  1. a Literally with great eagerness, every day examining the Writings, whether these things were so.

Acts 17:11 has 31 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 26 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 34:16 (28 votes) and Proverbs 2:1–5 (27 votes). 44 other verses point back to it. It links with 25 other books, from Leviticus 11 to 1 John 4.

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Which verses does Acts 17:11 point to?

The 20 strongest of 31, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Isaiah 34:1628 votes

    Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.

  2. My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you, if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding, …

  3. John 5:3923 votes

    You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

  4. And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is also now at work in you who believe.

  5. But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”

  6. Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully, trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. …

  7. Proverbs 9:912 votes

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

  8. 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 lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation. …

  9. Proverbs 1:511 votes

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

  10. From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, …

  11. John 3:219 votes
  12. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.

  13. Luke 24:446 votes

    Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”

Which verses point to Acts 17:11?

The 10 strongest of 44.