1 Thessalonians 5:21

Believers are to test everything and firmly hold on to what proves good and true.

Cross-references · 37

• 1 Jn 4:1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
• Rom 12:2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
• Eph 5:10Test and prove what pleases the Lord.
• Luke 12:57And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
• Acts 17:11Now 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.
• Phil 4:8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
• Rom 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
• Rev 3:3Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.
• 1 Cor 2:14–15The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
• Phil 3:16Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.
• 1 Cor 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
• Matt 7:15–20Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
• John 15:4Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me.
• Acts 14:22strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
• Phil 1:10so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
• Rev 3:11I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
• Isa 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
• Prov 3:1My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
• 1 Cor 14:28–29But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.
• Prov 3:21–24My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
• John 8:31So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
• 2 Th 2:15Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
• Mark 7:14–15Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:
• Deut 11:6–9and what He did in the midst of all the Israelites to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that belonged to them.
• 2 Tim 1:15You know that everyone in the Province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
• 2 Tim 4:14Alexander the coppersmith did great harm to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds.
• Heb 10:23Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
• Rev 2:25Nevertheless, hold fast to what you have until I come.
• Rev 2:2I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.
• Acts 11:23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
• Prov 6:21–23Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.
• Prov 23:23Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
• 1 Cor 2:11For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
• Song 3:4I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
• Deut 32:46–47he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.
• Prov 4:13Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
• 2 Tim 3:6They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

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