12 Bible Verses about Paying Attention To People

and by listening to the words of My servants the prophets I have been sending you time and time again, though you did not listen,

Since he heard the sound of the trumpet but ignored the warning, his blood is on his own hands. If he had taken warning, he would have saved his life.

“If your brother sins against you, go and rebuke him in private. If he listens to you, you have won your brother.

A fool despises his father’s discipline,
but a person who accepts correction is sensible.

Anyone who ignores discipline despises himself,
but whoever listens to correction acquires good sense.

Whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.

But speak My words to them whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.

Go to your people, the exiles, and speak to them. Tell them, ‘This is what the Lord God says,’ whether they listen or refuse to listen.”

They will listen to what you say. Then you, along with the elders of Israel, must go to the king of Egypt and say to him: Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go on a three-day trip into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God.

But Moses replied in the Lord’s presence, “Since I am such a poor speaker, how will Pharaoh listen to me?”

Confer some of your authority on him so that the entire Israelite community will obey him.

The king will surely listen in order to rescue his servant from the hand of this man who would eliminate both me and my son from God’s inheritance.