28 Bible Verses about Listening

But Peter standing up with the eleven, and raising his voice, said to them, ye men of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and observe what I say.

thereupon Paul stood up, and having made sign with his hand for their attention, he said, men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

take notice therefore, that the offers of divine salvation are sent to the Gentiles, and they will receive them.

while he was speaking, a bright cloud surrounded them: and suddenly a voice broke out of the cloud, saying, "this is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him."

then a cloud surrounded them, and a voice from the cloud, said, "this is my beloved son, hear him."

from whence a voice issued out, saying, "this is my beloved son, obey him."

my sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me.

Then he called the multitude and said to them, hear and understand.

Then Jesus having called all the people to him, said, attend every one of you, and understand.

he that adheres to you, adheres to me; he that rejects you, rejects me: and he that rejects me, rejecteth him that sent me.

they who have personated me, are all thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not follow them.

Wherefore, my dear brethren, let every one be eager to hear, averse to contradiction, and deaf to passion.

three days after they found him in the temple, sitting near the doctors, attending to them and asking them questions.

consider, my dear brethren, has not God chose the poor of this world to be rich by faith, and to inherit the kingdom he has promised to those who love him?

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

but Abraham replied, they have Moses and the prophets, let them mind them. no, father Abraham, said he, they will not: but if any of the dead went to them, they will certainly repent. Abraham replied, if they disregard Moses and the prophets, they will not believe any one, though he rose from the dead.

Now in case such a brother do you an injury, go and expostulate with him in private: if he repents, thou hast saved thy brother. but if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that the remonstrances of two or three persons may have its effect. if he does not relent, tell it to the church: but if he is not moved by the church, show him no more regard than you would to a pagan or a publican.

but rather, said he, happy are they who hear the word of God, and put it in practice.

Don't delusively content your selves with being of the audience, but put what you hear in practice: for a bare auditor without practice is like one who sees his image form'd by a mirror: he takes a view, turns away, and instantly loses his appearance.

therefore, whoever heareth these instructions of mine, and puts them in practice, I will compare him to the prudent man, who built his house upon a rock: the rain descended, the floods came, the winds blew, and beat upon that house: but it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock. but every one that heareth these instructions of mine, and practiseth them not, shall be compared to a fool who built his house upon the sand:read more.
the rain descends, the flood rushes on, the winds blow, and beat upon the house: down it falls, and wide are its ruins.

I will show you, who that man is like, who comes to me, and practises what I prescribe. he is like a man who in building a house, digg'd deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: an inundation came, the current beat impetuously upon that house, but could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. but he that does not practise what he hears, is like a man who built his house upon the loose earth without any foundation: the current beat impetuously against it: in the instant down it fell, and great were its ruins.

for not the bare hearers of the law, but they who observe the law, are such as shall be justified, before God.

One day, as the people press'd after him to hear his divine preaching, he came near the lake of Gennesereth,

then in the audience of all the people, he said to his disciples,

now she had a sister, named Mary, who placed herself at the feet of Jesus, to attend to his discourse.

so we took our places, and convers'd with the women, that came there. one of them was nam'd Lydia of Thyatira, a trader in purple, and a Jewish proselyte. she heard us: and the Lord inclin'd her heart to attend to what Paul said.

I pray God, said Paul, that not only you, but all that now hear me, were both almost and altogether such as I am, the circumstance of my bonds excepted.