'Listen' in the Bible
“But I say to you who listen: Love your enemies, do what is good to those who hate you,
Still other seed fell on good ground; when it sprang up, it produced a crop: 100 times what was sown.” As He said this, He called out, “Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”
So he said, "You have been given knowledge about the secrets of the kingdom of God. But to others they are given in parables, so that "they might look but not see, and they might listen but not understand.'"
The ones on the path are the people who listen, but then the Devil comes and takes the word away from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
The ones that fell among the thorn bushes are the people who listen, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries, wealth, and pleasures of life, and their fruit doesn't mature.
Therefore take care how you listen. For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
But He answered, “My mother and My brothers are these who listen to the word of God and do it!”
Then a voice came from the cloud, saying:This is My Son, the Chosen One;listen to Him!
"Listen carefully to these words. The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into human hands."
The Queen of the South (the kingdom of Sheba) will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and look, something greater than Solomon is here.
He told the vineyard worker, ‘Listen, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it even waste the soil?’
He told them, "Go and tell that fox, "Listen! I am driving out demons and healing today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will finish my work.
It isn’t fit for the soil or for the manure pile; they throw it out. Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”
All the tax collectors and sinners were approaching to listen to Him.
But he answered his father, "Listen! All these years I've worked like a slave for you. I've never disobeyed a command of yours. Yet you've never given me so much as a young goat for a festival so I could celebrate with my friends.
“But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; they should listen to them.’
“But he told him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”
Then the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.
Then He took the Twelve aside and told them, “Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem. Everything that is written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.
And all the people would get up early in the morning to listen to him in the Temple.
“Listen,” He said to them, “when you’ve entered the city, a man carrying a water jug will meet you. Follow him into the house he enters.
"Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has asked permission to sift all of you like wheat,
“Don’t you say, ‘There are still four more months, then comes the harvest’? Listen to what I’m telling you: Open your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ready for harvest.
Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, “This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?”
Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to My word.
The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not from God.”
“I already told you,” he said, “and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t want to become His disciples too, do you?”
We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He listens to him.
The doorkeeper opens [the gate] for this man, and the sheep hear his voice and pay attention to it. And [knowing that they listen] he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out [to pasture].
All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.
But I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.
Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and He’s crazy! Why do you listen to Him?”
My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me."
Listen, the time is coming, indeed it has already come, when you will be scattered, each of you to his own home, and you will leave me all by myself. Yet I'm not alone, because the Father is with me.
But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: "You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.
“Men of Israel, listen to these words: This Jesus the Nazarene was a man pointed out to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did among you through Him, just as you yourselves know.
Moses said:The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He will say to you.
And everyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be completely cut off from the people.
But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it’s right in the sight of God for us to listen to you rather than to God, you decide;
And now, Lord, listen to their threats, and enable Thy servants to proclaim Thy Message with fearless courage,
"How could you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord?" Peter asked her. "Listen! The feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and these men will carry you outside as well."
But someone came and told them, “The men whom you put in prison are standing [right here] in the temple [area], teaching the people!”
“Brothers and fathers,” he said, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,
Our fathers were unwilling to be subject to him [and refused to listen to him]. They rejected him, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man well spoken of by all the Jewish people, was divinely instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear what you have to say.”
So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. All of us are here now in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has ordered you to say."
And when he had knocked at the door of the entry, a maid came to listen, by name Rhoda;
But motioning to them with his hand to be quiet and listen, he described how the Lord had led him out of the prison. And he said, “Report these things to James and the brothers and sisters.” Then he left and went to another place.
Then Paul stood up and motioned with his hand and said: “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen!
"Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen! The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made them a great people during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with a public display of power he led them out of there.
After they stopped speaking, James responded: “Brothers, listen to me!
A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a dealer in purple goods, was listening to us. She was a worshiper of God, and the Lord opened her heart to listen carefully to what was being said by Paul.
But when Paul was about to reply, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some misdemeanor or serious crime, O Jews, I would have reason to put up with you;
“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
So do not listen to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they slay him; and now they are ready and waiting for the promise from you.”
But--not to detain you too long--I beg you in your forbearance to listen to a brief statement from us.
especially since you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and controversies. Therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently.
“I wish before God,” replied Paul, “that whether easily or with difficulty, not only you but all who listen to me today might become as I am—except for these chains.”
when He said,Go to these people and say:You will listen and listen,yet never understand;and you will look and look,yet never perceive.
For this people's minds have become stupid, and their ears can barely hear, and they have shut their eyes so that they may never see with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn and let me heal them."'
Therefore, let it be known to you that this saving work of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”
But they didn't all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"
But again, did Israel fail to understand? Listen to Moses first. He says, "I will fire you with jealousy against a nation which is no nation, and with fury against a nation devoid of understanding."
It is written in the law:I will speak to these peopleby people of other languagesand by the lips of foreigners,and even then, they will not listen to Me,says the Lord.
Listen! I am telling you a mystery:We will not all fall asleep,but we will all be changed,
For he says, "At the right time I heard you, and on a day of salvation I helped you." Listen, now is really the "right time"! Now is the "day of salvation"!
For if someone comes along and preaches another Jesus than the one we preached, or should you receive a different spirit from the one you received or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you are all too willing to listen.
Tell me, ye who are desirous of being under law, do ye not listen to the law?
Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you allow yourselves to be circumcised, the Messiah will be of no benefit to you.
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.
Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it is based on [the testimony of at least] two or three witnesses.
Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen.
always learning and listening to anybody who will teach them, but never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
For the time will come when they will not listen to the sound doctrine, but, having itching ears, will heap up for themselves teachers after their own lusts;
They will refuse to listen to the truth and will turn to myths.
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!
As it says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."
So God again ordains a certain day, "Today," speaking through David after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, "O, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts."
See to it that you do not refuse [to listen to] Him who is speaking [to you now]. For if those [sons of Israel] did not escape when they refused [to listen to] him who warned them on earth [revealing God’s will], how much less will we escape if we turn our backs on Him who warns from heaven?
I urge you, brothers, to listen patiently to my encouraging message, for I have written you a short letter.
You must understand this, my dear brothers. Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.
But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves.
Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him?
Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town, stay there a year, conduct business, and make money."
Now listen, you rich people! Cry and moan over the miseries that are overtaking you.
We are from God. Anyone who knows God listens to us; anyone who is not from God does not listen to us. From this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to put himself first, does not accept what we say and refuses to recognize my authority.
Blessed is he who reads and blessed are those who listen to the words of this prophecy and lay to heart what is written in it; for the time for its fulfillment is now close at hand.
“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the victor the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in God’s paradise.
“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. The victor will never be harmed by the second death.
“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the victor some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.
“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.
“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.
Listen! I am going to make those people from the synagogue of Satan -- who say they are Jews yet are not, but are lying -- Look, I will make them come and bow down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.
“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.
Listen! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and have dinner with him, and he with Me.
“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.”
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