44 occurrences

'Listen to Me' in the Bible

"My lord, listen to me. What is a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver between me and you? Therefore bury your dead."

Moses spoke before Yahweh, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel haven't listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?"

Moses said before Yahweh, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?"

"'But if you will not listen to me, and will not do all these commandments;

"'If you in spite of these things will not listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.

"'If you walk contrary to me, and won't listen to me, then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins.

"'If you in spite of this won't listen to me, but walk contrary to me;

He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.

But Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and didn't listen to me; and Yahweh said to me, "Let it suffice you; speak no more to me of this matter.

When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, "Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.

David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to men's words, saying, 'Behold, David seeks your hurt?'

They rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you shall be established! Believe his prophets, so you shall prosper."

and said to them, "Listen to me, you Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filthiness out of the holy place.

"I will show you, listen to me; that which I have seen I will declare:

Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.

Therefore I said, 'Listen to me; I also will show my opinion.'

Mark well, Job, and listen to me. Hold your peace, and I will speak.

"Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me.

"Hear, my people, and I will testify to you, Israel, if you would listen to me!

Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don't depart from the words of my mouth.

Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.

"Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne [by me] from their birth, that have been carried from the womb;

Listen to me, you stout-hearted, who are far from righteousness:

"Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.

"Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh: look to the rock you were cut from, and to the hold of the pit you were dug from.

"Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; don't fear the reproach of men, neither be dismayed at their insults.

yet they didn't listen to me, nor inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff: they did worse than their fathers.

and you have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that you don't listen to me:

It shall happen, if you diligently listen to me, says Yahweh, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but to make the Sabbath day holy, to do no work therein;

But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

You shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you,

At the end of seven years you shall let go every man his brother who is a Hebrew, who has been sold to you, and has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you: but your fathers didn't listen to me, neither inclined their ear.

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.

But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.

But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me; they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

As for you, house of Israel, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Go, serve everyone his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not listen to me; but my holy name you shall no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.

Don't you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Thus says Yahweh of Armies, 'Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;' but they did not hear, nor listen to me, says Yahweh.

I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me."

After they were silent, James answered, "Brothers, listen to me.