48 Bible Verses about attention

"Pay attention! Listen to what I have to say; Pay attention, and hear my speech.

Pay close attention to your life and your teaching. Persevere in these things, because if you do so, you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

Don't listen to everything that is spoken you may hear your servant cursing you,

Whoever listens to a word of instruction prospers, and anyone who trusts in the LORD is blessed.

"Job, pay attention! Listen to me! Be silent and let me speak.

Pay attention and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my teaching,

Give me your heart, my son, and keep your eyes fixed on my ways,

Each person must examine his own actions, and then he can boast about his own accomplishments and not about someone else.

For this reason we must pay closer attention to the things we have heard, or we may drift away,

"Because I called out to you and you refused to respond I appealed, but no one paid attention

Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other. The LORD listened and took note, and a scroll of remembrance was written in his presence about those who fear the LORD and honor His name.

He went on to say to them, "Pay attention to what you're hearing! You will be evaluated by the same standard with which you do your evaluating, and still more will be given to you,

"God speaks time and time again but nobody notices

Therefore we regard the message of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp that is shining in a gloomy place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Keep well informed of the condition of your flocks and pay attention to your herds,

For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "Don't let the prophets and diviners who are among you deceive you, and don't listen to them when they tell you their dreams.

My son, pay attention to my wisdom, and listen closely to my insight,

You've seen many things, but you pay no attention. His ears are open, but he doesn't listen.

and not pay attention to Jewish myths or commands given by people who reject the truth.

"Come near, you nations, to listen, and pay attention, you nations! Let the earth hear, and all that fills it; the world, and all that comes out of it.

But they didn't listen, nor did they pay attention. They pursued their own plans, stubbornly following their own evil desires. They went backward and not forward.

They came and told him, "Teacher, we know that you are sincere. You don't favor any individual, because you pay no attention to external appearance. Rather, you teach the way of God truthfully. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or shouldn't we?"

So, then, be careful how you live. Do not be unwise but wise,

Do not be concerned about your own interests, but also be concerned about the interests of others.

Listen, daughter! Consider and pay attention. Forget your people and your father's house,

Then we'll devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

and occupying themselves with myths and endless genealogies. These things promote controversies rather than God's ongoing purpose, which involves faith.

For this reason, when I come I will call attention to what he is doing in spreading false charges against us. And not content with that, he refuses to receive the brothers. He even tries to stop those who want to accept them and throws them out of the church.

Until I arrive, give your full concentration to the public reading of Scripture, to exhorting, and to teaching.

Surely God has heard, and he paid attention to my prayers.

Listen, children, to your father's instruction, and pay attention in order to gain understanding.

If you give special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, "Please take this seat," but you say to the poor man, "Stand over there" or "Sit on the floor at my feet,"

You are observing days, months, seasons, and years.

"What is a human being, that you make so much of him; that you set your affections on him,

Be careful! Be sure to obey him. Don't rebel against him, because he won't forgive your transgression, since my Name is in him.

My son, listen to your father's instruction, and do not let go of your mother's teaching.

As Jesus left the Temple and was walking away, his disciples came up to him to point out to him the Temple buildings.

"Inquire of the previous generation, won't you please? Consider what their forefathers searched out.