49 Bible Verses about Listening To God

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say.

He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days.

Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.

O earth, earth, earth, give ear to the word of the Lord!

But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.

And you are to say all these words to them, but they will not give ear to you: you will send out your voice to them, but they will give no answer.

They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.

Give ear to me then, my sons: for happy are those who keep my ways.

Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life.

Then he said to me, Son of man, take into your heart all my words which I am about to say to you, and let your ears be open to them.

As for the man whose ear is turned away from hearing the law, even his prayer is disgusting.

We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.

Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

And it came about that as they would not give ear to his voice, so I would not give ear to their voice, says the Lord of armies:

How long, O Lord, will your ears be shut to my voice? I make an outcry to you about violent behaviour, but you do not send salvation.

O Lord, give ear; O Lord, have forgiveness; O Lord, take note and do; let there be no more waiting; for the honour of your name, O my God, because your town and your people are named by your name.

Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God.

He who has ears, let him give ear.

The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.

For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.

Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.

But Peter and John in answer said to them, It is for you to say if it is right in the eyes of God to give attention to you more than to God:

Because your ears were shut to my voice; no one gave attention to my out-stretched hand;

Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.

And as for you, make no prayers for this people, send up no cry or prayer for them: for I will not give ear to their cry in the time of their trouble.

Why are my words not clear to you? It is because your ears are shut to my teaching.

And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.

If not, give attention to me, and keep quiet, and I will give you wisdom.

But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.

Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.

And give ear to the words of my servants the prophets whom I send to you, getting up early and sending them, though you gave no attention;

Do you go near: and after hearing everything which the Lord our God has to say, give us an account of all he has said to you, and we will give ear, and do it.

But when I have talk with you I will make your mouth open, and you are to say to them, This is what the Lord has said: Let the hearer give ear; and as for him who will not, let him keep his ears shut: for they are an uncontrolled people.

I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:

Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.

Give ear, O heavens, and you, O earth, to the word which the Lord has said: I have taken care of my children till they became men, but their hearts have been turned away from me.

Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.

My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:

But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.

But they gave no attention, and their ears were not open so that they might be turned from their evil-doing and from burning perfume to other gods.

You have knowledge of this, dear brothers. But let every man be quick in hearing, slow in words, slow to get angry;

And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to the voice of the people and what they say to you: they have not been turned away from you, but they have been turned away from me, not desiring me to be king over them.