'Ears' in the Bible

My word came to the ears of the prophets and I gave them visions in great number, and by the mouths of the prophets I made use of comparisons.

Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.

But as for me, I am looking to the Lord; I am waiting for the God of my salvation: the ears of my God will be open to me.

The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

How long, O Lord, will your ears be shut to my voice? I make an outcry to you about violent behaviour, but you do not send salvation.

O Lord, word of you has come to my ears; I have seen your work, O Lord; when the years come near make it clear; in wrath keep mercy in mind.

My ears have been open to the bitter words of Moab and the words of shame of the children of Ammon, which they have said against my people, lifting themselves up against the limit of their land.

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

This is what the Lord of armies has said: In those days, ten men from all the languages of the nations will put out their hands and take a grip of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for it has come to our ears that God is with you.

And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee.

Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee;

And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Now when it came to the ears of Jesus, he went away from there in a boat, to a waste place by himself: and the people hearing of it, went after him on foot from the towns.

Then the disciples came and said to him, Did you see that the Pharisees were troubled when these words came to their ears?

And when it came to the ears of the ten, they were angry with the two brothers.

And when his stories came to the ears of the chief priests and the Pharisees, they saw that he was talking of them.

Then the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, He has said evil against God: what more need have we of witnesses? for now his words against God have come to your ears:

And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.

And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.

And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;

If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.

And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;

And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.

Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

And when it came to his ears that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he gave a cry, and said, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.

And it came to the ears of the chief priests and scribes, and they took thought how they might put him to death; being in fear of him, because all the people were full of wonder at his teaching.

His words against God have come to your ears: what is your opinion? And they all said it was right for him to be put to death.

And they, when it came to their ears that he was living, and had been seen by her, had no belief in it.

But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

And when the voice of Mary came to the ears of Elisabeth, the baby made a sudden move inside her; then Elisabeth was full of the Holy Spirit,

For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

And it came to the ears of her neighbours and relations that the Lord had been very good to her, and they took part in her joy.

And all those to whose ears it came were full of wonder at the things said by the keepers of the sheep.

Then the keepers of the sheep went back, giving glory and praise to God for all the things which had come to their ears and which they had seen, as it had been said to them.

And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at his knowledge and the answers which he gave.

And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.

And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.

And when he completed all his sayings in the ears of the people, he went into Capernaum;

And when news of Jesus came to his ears, he sent to him rulers of the Jews, requesting that he would come and make his servant well.

And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.

For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

For that reason, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be proclaimed on the housetops.

It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Now the older son was in the field: and when he came near the house, the sounds of music and dancing came to his ears.

And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?

And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your ears, have no fear; for these things have to be, but the end will not be now.

The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit.

He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.

He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.

Now when it was clear to the Lord that word had come to the ears of the Pharisees that Jesus was making more disciples than John and was giving them baptism

When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.

“I assure you and most solemnly say to you, the person who hears My word [the one who heeds My message], and believes and trusts in Him who sent Me, has (possesses now) eternal life [that is, eternal life actually begins—the believer is transformed], and does not come into judgment and condemnation, but has passed [over] from death into life.

Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life.

The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.

This discussion of the people came to the ears of the Pharisees; and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent servants to take him.

When these words came to their ears, some of the people said, This is certainly the prophet.

And when his words came to their ears, they went out one by one, starting with the oldest even to the last, because they were conscious of what was in their hearts: and Jesus was there by himself with the woman before him.

Why do you misunderstand what I am saying? It is because [your spiritual ears are deaf and] you are unable to hear [the truth of] My word.

He who is a child of God gives ear to the words of God: your ears are not open to them because you are not from God.

His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples?

We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open.

It came to the ears of Jesus that they had put him out, and meeting him he said, Have you faith in the Son of man?

These words came to the ears of the Pharisees who were with him and they said to him, Are we, then, blind?

When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.

I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me.

And that was the reason the people went out to him, because it had come to their ears that he had done this sign.

When this saying came to Pilate's ears his fear became greater;

And when this sound came to their ears, they all came together, and were greatly surprised because every man was hearing the words of the disciples in his special language.

Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?

But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death.

Truly, I have seen the sorrows of my people in Egypt, and their cries have come to my ears, and I have come down to make them free: and now, come, I will send you to Egypt.

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.

And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.

Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.

For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.

But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,

For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.

And this came to the ears of all those, Jews and Greeks, who were living at Ephesus; and fear came on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was made great.

And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:

And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

And those who were with me saw the light, but the voice of him who was talking to me came not to their ears.

For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.

‘Go to this people and say,“You will keep on hearing, but will not understand,You will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;

For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

But I say, Did not the word come to their ears? Yes, certainly: Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.