28 Bible Verses about Listening

Then Peter, with the Eleven, stood up and addresses them in a loud voice. "Men of Judea and dwellers in Jerusalem, have no doubt about this matter, but listen to what I say.

So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand, said: "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.

"Be fully assured, therefore, that this salvation of God is now sent unto the Gentiles. They will listen to it."

While he was yet speaking, behold! a luminous cloud overshadowed them; and a voice out of the cloud, saying. "This is my Son, my Beloved, in whom is my delight. Listen to him."

Then there came a cloud overshadowing them; and there came a voice out of the cloud. "This is my Son, my beloved. Listen to him."

And a voice came out of the cloud, saying. "This is my Son, my chosen one; listen to him."

"My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them and they follow me.

Then Jesus called the people to him and said:

Then again he called the crowd to him and said:

"He who listens to you listens to me. and he who rejects you, rejects me; he who rejects me, rejects him who sent me."

"All that came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

Mark this well, my dear brothers. Let every man be swift in hearing, slow in speaking, slow in growing angry;

On the third day they found him sitting in the Temple, among the Rabbis, both listening to them and asking questions.

Listen, my dear brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and to inherit the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him?

Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets are gone out into the world.

"But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets, let them listen to them.' "'Nay, Father Abraham,' he said 'but if some one went to them from the dead they would repent.' "'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,' said Father Abraham, 'neither will they be persuaded if one should rise from the dead.'"

"If your brother sins against you, go and show him, between yourself and him alone. If he listens, you have won your brother. "But if he will not listen to you, take one or two others along, so that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every word may be established. If he will not listen to them, tell the church; "but if he will not heed the church, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.

"No, rather," he answered, "blessed are those who listen to the word of God, and keep it."

And become doers of the Word, and not merely hearers, deceiving yourselves. Because if any one is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for after he has looked carefully at himself, he goes away, and at once forgets what he is like.

"Every one who hears my words and does them I will liken to a wise man who built his house upon the rock. "And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon the house, but it fell not, for it was founded upon the rock. "And every one who hears these words of mine and does them not, I will liken to a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.read more.
"And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it."

"I will show whom the man that comes to me, and listens to my works, and does them, is like. "He is like a man who is building a house who digged and went deep and laid a foundation upon rock. And, when a flood came, the torrent dashed against that house, but could not move, because it had been founded upon rock. "But he who listens but does not do, is like a man who built a house upon the soil, without foundations, against which the torrent burst, and at once it fell in, and the ruin of that house was great."

For it is not the hearers of law who are righteous in the eyes of God; nay, it is the doers of law who will be accounted righteous.

On one occasion when he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, the crowd pressed upon him to listen to the word of God.

Then, in the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples.

She had a sister named Mary, who after seating herself at the Lord's feet was listening to his teaching.

Among them was a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, who belonged to the town of Thyatira. She, since she was a worshiper of God, listened to us, and the Lord opened her heart to attend to what Paul said.

"Long or short," answered Paul, "my prayer to God is that not only you but all who are my hearers this day might become such as I am, save for these chains."