78 Bible Verses about Receptiveness

Happy and blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. Truly, I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things that you see, and could not see them. They also desired to hear the things that you hear, and could not hear them.

The mind of the prudent acquires knowledge. The ear of the wise one searches for knowledge.

The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Jehovah made them both.

Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved. He said to his mother, Woman, look, your son! Then he said to the disciple, Look, your mother! That hour forward the disciple took her to his home.

Then Boaz said to the close relative: Naomi has come back from the country of Moab. She is offering for a price that bit of land which belonged to our brother Elimelech. I am giving you a chance to take it with the approval of those seated here, the responsible men of my people. If you are ready to do what it is right for a relative to do, then do it. If you will not do it, say so to me now. There is no one who has the right to do it but you, and after you, myself. And he said: I will do it. Then Boaz said: On the day when you take this field, you will have to take with it Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, so that you may keep the name of the dead living in his heritage.

Everyone who accepts this little child in my name accepts me.

Whoever receives a little child in my name, receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.

Then he said to them: Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. He who is least among you will be the greatest!

I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger and you took me in.

All those who believed stayed together. They held all things in common. They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed them to all men, as every man had need.

The congregation that believed was of one heart and mind. No one claimed his or her own possessions for everything was common property.

Love does not rejoice with evil, but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things.

That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you did not despise or reject. You received me like an angel (messenger) of God, even like Christ Jesus.

Beloved, do not believe every spirit. Test the spirits to see whether they are from God. This is because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God. They are foolishness to him! He cannot know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

This way you may approve (test) the things that are excellent (of more value). May you be sincere and without offense (blameless) to others till the day of Christ.

Prove all things; hold fast to what is good.

But solid food belongs to mature people. It belongs to those who by reason of use have their senses trained to know the difference between good and evil.

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds will be lead away from the simplicity and the purity (cleanness) that is toward Christ. If someone comes and preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a different good news, which you did not accept, you do well to put up with him.

Guard yourselves! Your heart could be deceived. You could turn away and serve other gods and worship them.

When Solomon was old he allowed his heart to be turned away to other gods by his wives. His heart was no longer true to Jehovah his God as the heart of his father David had been.

She seduced him with her persuasive words. She forced him with her flattering lips.

See to it that no one enslaves you by means of philosophy and worthless deceit of human wisdom according to tradition of men. It is according to the elementary principles of the world, and not from Christ.

Do not be carried away by varied (different) and strange teachings. It is good that the heart is established by grace and not by food. Those who are occupied by them are not benefited.

I am the vine and you are the branches. He that remains with me, and I with him, the same bears much fruit. You can do nothing apart from me.

He is like a tree planted by streams of water. It yields its fruit in season and its leaves do not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

Trust in Jehovah with all your heart. Do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge (recognize) Him and He will make your paths straight.

My son, obey your father's command, and do not abandon the law of your mother: Constantly bind them upon your heart, and tie them about your neck. When you go, they will lead you; when you sleep they will watch over you and when you awake, they will talk to you.

Blessed is the man who trusts in Jehovah, whose refuge and security (confidence and hope) is Jehovah. For he will be like a tree planted by the water. It extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes. Its leaves will be green. It will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit.

Jesus said to him: Because you saw me, you believe. Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet believe!

When he saw the large crowds of people, he was moved with compassion for them. He knew they were distressed and scattered like sheep not having a shepherd.

Jehovah saw the bitter affliction of Israel. There was no one left, bond or free. There was no help for Israel.

Jehovah has compassion for those who reverence him just as a father has compassion for his children. For he knows our conception and he remembers that we are dust.

In all their difficulty he was concerned, and he was the messenger who saved them. In his love and compassion he reclaimed (redeemed) them. He always held them and carried them in the past.

Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Jesus called his disciples and said: I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.

Jesus said: I am concerned for these people because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. If I send them away to their houses with no food they will be weak and faint. Some of them have a long way to go.

When the Lord saw her he had sympathy for her. Do not cry, he said.

Throw all your anxiety upon him, because he cares for you.

You know all my desires, O Jehovah. My groaning has not been hidden from you.

Jehovah said: I have seen how my people are suffering as slaves in Egypt. I have heard them beg for my help because of the way they are being mistreated. I feel sorry for them.

Jehovah said: I have heard your prayers and your supplication you made. I have made this house holy. I put my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there at all times.

JEHOVAH APPEARED TO SOLOMON THAT NIGHT. He said to Solomon: I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a Temple for sacrifices.

Depart from me, all you who do evil. Jehovah hears my weeping. Jehovah hears my supplication for mercy. Jehovah receives my prayer!

([Psalm of David]) I waited patiently for Jehovah and he bent down to me and heard my cry.

Before they call I will answer! While they are still speaking I will hear.

The eyes of Jehovah (God) are upon the righteous. His ears hear their prayers. But the face (person) of Jehovah is against those who do evil.

Return, O Israel, to Jehovah your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. Return to Jehovah and say to him: 'Take away all iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit (young bulls) of our lips.' (Hebrews 13:15) Assyria will not save us and we will not ride on horses. We will not say again: Our god, to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy.read more.
I will heal their apostasy! I will love them freely for my anger has turned away from them.

David said to Nathan: I have sinned against Jehovah. Nathan replied: Jehovah has taken away your sin. You will not die.

When a wicked person turns away from the wicked things that he has done and does what is fair and right, he will live. He realized what he was doing and turned away from all the rebellious things that he had done. He will certainly live. He will not die.

Rip apart your heart, and not your garments. Turn to Jehovah your God! He is gracious and merciful. He is slow to anger and abundant in loving-kindness. He will turn back from doing harm.

God saw their works! That they turned from their evil way. God turned back from the deed that he said he would do to them. He did not do it.

He prayed to Jehovah: I pray to you, O Jehovah, was this what I said, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish. Because I knew that you are a gracious God. You are merciful, slow to anger, abundant in loving kindness, and one who takes pity over calamity (tragedy) (catastrophe) (disaster).

It is the same. I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine good people who do not need to repent.

But the tax collector stood far away and would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven. He beat his breast, saying: God, be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you the tax collector and not the Pharisee was right with God when he went home. He who exalts himself will be humbled! He who humbles himself will be exalted!

I cried, and they would not listen. Now they will cry, and I will not listen,' said Jehovah of Hosts!

If I had thought about doing anything sinful, Jehovah would not have listened to me.

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he also will cry, but will not be heard.

But your wrongs have separated you from your God. Your sins have made him hide his face so that he does not even hear you.

Therefore Jehovah says: 'I am going to bring a disaster on them that they cannot escape. Although they will cry out to me, I will not listen to them.

I will say to them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you workers of evil.'

About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? Which (translated) means: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? Interpreted it means, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

([Psalm of David]) My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far away from my deliverance, so far away from the words of my moaning?

Do not let that man think that he will receive anything from God.

He gave the right to become children of God to all who received him. Even to those who believe in his name. They were born from God. It was not from blood, or the will of the flesh, or the will of man.

He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

Those who gladly received his word were baptized. About three thousand persons were added the same day.

A woman named Lydia who was a seller of purple came from Thyatira. She worshipped God because God opened her heart to listen to the things spoken by Paul.

You have accepted Christ Jesus as Lord. Now walk (live) in union with him.

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God. This is so we might know the things that are freely given to us from God. We speak these things, not in the words that man's wisdom teaches. But we speak them with the words the Holy Spirit teaches comparing spiritual things with spiritual things. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God. They are foolishness to him! He cannot know them, because they are spiritually discerned.read more.
He that is spiritual judges all things, yet no man judges him. Who has understood the mind of Jehovah, or has instructed him, as his counselor? (Isaiah 40:13) But we do have the mind (purpose) (feelings) (thoughts) (understanding) of Christ.

They who live according to flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh. They who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.

But she is happier if she remains as she is. This is my opinion and I think I also have the Spirit of God.

I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

He who can hear should listen to what the Spirit says to the congregations! To him who overcomes I will give the right to eat the fruit of the tree of life that grows in the (Paradise) Garden of God.'

The Lord Jehovah will teach me what to say, so I will know how to encourage tired people. Morning after morning he will wake me to listen like a student. The Lord Jehovah has opened my ears. I will not rebel, nor will I turn away from him.

From there you will seek Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your being. And you will find him!

You my son Solomon, learn to know your father's God. Serve Jehovah wholeheartedly and willingly because he searches every heart and understands every thought we have. If you dedicate your life to serving him, he will accept you. On the other hand if you abandon him, he will reject you from then on.