12 Bible Verses about Paying Attention To People

You must pay attention to the exhortations of my servants the prophets. I have sent them to you over and over again. But you have not paid any attention to them.

He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, so he is responsible for himself. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.

"If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

A fool rejects his father's discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

The one who refuses correction despises himself, but whoever hears reproof acquires understanding.

And as for them, whether they listen or not -- for they are a rebellious house -- they will know that a prophet has been among them.

You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious.

Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, and speak to them -- say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says,' whether they pay attention or not."

"The elders will listen to you, and then you and the elders of Israel must go to the king of Egypt and tell him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.'

But Moses said before the Lord, "Since I speak with difficulty, why should Pharaoh listen to me?"

Then you must delegate some of your authority to him, so that the whole community of the Israelites will be obedient.

Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!'