'Listen to Me' in the Bible

He said to them, “If you are willing for me to bury my dead, listen to me and ask Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”

and said to Ephron in the presence of the people of the land, “Please listen to me. Let me pay the price of the field. Accept it from me, and let me bury my dead there.”

“My lord, listen to me. Land worth 400 shekels of silver—what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

So now, my son, listen to me. Flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran,

But Moses said in the Lord’s presence: “If the Israelites will not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I am such a poor speaker?”

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

Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and God be with you. You be the one to represent the people before God and bring their cases to Him.

Now if you will listen to Me and carefully keep My covenant, you will be My own possession out of all the peoples, although all the earth is Mine,

“But the Lord was angry with me on account of you and would not listen to me. The Lord said to me, ‘That’s enough! Do not speak to Me again about this matter.

When they told Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and called to them:Listen to me, lords of Shechem,and may God listen to you:

Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the Lord’s covenant and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build,

Listen to me and return the captives you took from your brothers, for the Lord’s burning anger is on you.”

Listen to me and I will inform you.I will describe what I have seen,

Therefore I say, “Listen to me.I too will declare what I know.”

Pay attention, Job, and listen to me.Be quiet, and I will speak.

If not, then listen to me;be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.

Hear my words, you wise men,and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.

Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding.It is impossible for God to do wrong,and for the Almighty to act unjustly.

Come, children, listen to me;I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

Listen, My people, and I will admonish you.Israel, if you would only listen to Me!

“But My people did not listen to Me;Israel did not obey Me.

If only My people would listen to Meand Israel would follow My ways,

So now, my sons, listen to me,and don’t turn away from the words of my mouth.

Now, my sons, listen to me,and pay attention to the words of my mouth.

“And now, my sons, listen to me;those who keep my ways are happy.

Stand up, you complacent women;listen to me.Pay attention to what I say,you overconfident daughters.

“Listen to Me, house of Jacob,all the remnant of the house of Israel,who have been sustained from the womb,carried along since birth.

Listen to me, you hardhearted,far removed from justice:

“Listen to Me, Jacob,and Israel, the one called by Me:I am He; I am the first,I am also the last.

Coastlands, listen to me;distant peoples, pay attention.The Lord called me before I was born.He named me while I was in my mother’s womb.

Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness,you who seek the Lord:Look to the rock from which you were cut,and to the quarry from which you were dug.

Pay attention to Me, My people,and listen to Me, My nation;for instruction will come from Me,and My justice for a light to the nations.I will bring it about quickly.

Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,the people in whose heart is My instruction:do not fear disgrace by men,and do not be shattered by their taunts.

However, they wouldn’t listen to Me or pay attention but became obstinate; they did more evil than their ancestors.

These evil people, who refuse to listen to Me, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who have followed other gods to serve and worship—they will be like this underwear, of no use at all.

“However, if you listen to Me, says the Lord, and do not bring loads through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day and consecrate the Sabbath day and do no work on it,

If you do not listen to Me to consecrate the Sabbath day by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, I will set fire to its gates, and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem and not be extinguished.”

You are to say to them: This is what the Lord says: If you do not listen to Me by living according to My instruction that I set before you

Jeremiah replied to Zedekiah, “If I tell you, you will kill me, won’t you? Besides, if I give you advice, you won’t listen to me anyway.”

But the house of Israel will not want to listen to you because they do not want to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hardheaded and hardhearted.

“But they rebelled against Me and were unwilling to listen to Me. None of them threw away the detestable things that were before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I considered pouring out My wrath on them, exhausting My anger against them within the land of Egypt.

“As for you, house of Israel, this is what the Lord God says: Go and serve your idols, each of you. But afterward you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.

Summoning the crowd again, He told them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:

After they stopped speaking, James responded: “Brothers, listen to me!

especially since you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and controversies. Therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.

“I wish before God,” replied Paul, “that whether easily or with difficulty, not only you but all who listen to me today might become as I am—except for these chains.”

It is written in the law:I will speak to these peopleby people of other languagesand by the lips of foreigners,and even then, they will not listen to Me,says the Lord.