'Listening' in the Bible

Now Sarah was listening at the tent entrance behind him. Abraham and Sarah were old really old and Sarah was beyond the age of childbearing.

Abraham agreed with Ephron, so he weighed out to Ephron the money to which he had agreed publicly while the Hittites were listening: 400 shekels of silver at the current merchant rate.

Then Eli understood that the LORD was calling the boy, so Eli told Samuel, "Go lie down, and then if he calls you, answer, "Speak, LORD, because your servant is listening.'" Then Samuel went and lay down.

Later, the LORD came and stood there, calling out, "Samuel! Samuel!" as he had before. Samuel said, "Speak, because your servant is listening."

Joab came over and the woman asked him, "Are you Joab?" "I am," he answered. So she told him, "Listen to what your servant has to say!" "I'm listening," he replied.

When all of Israel saw that the king wasn't listening to them, the people responded to the king's message, "What's the point in following David? We have no inheritance in the descendants of Jesse. Let's go home, Israel! David, take care of your own household!' So Israel left for home.

because they would not obey the voice of the LORD their God. Instead, they transgressed his covenant, including everything that Moses, the servant of the LORD, had commanded, by neither listening nor putting what he had commanded into practice.

Therefore, in the presence of all of Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and while our God is listening, observe and search through all of the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may continue to possess this good land, leaving it for an inheritance forever to benefit your descendants who come after you."

"Now therefore my eyes will remain open and my ears will remain listening to the prayers that are offered in this place.

"Were I to be summoned, and he were to answer me, I wouldn't even believe that he was listening to what I have to say.

Whoever answers before listening is both foolish and shameful.

My son, if you stop listening to instruction, you will stray from the principles of knowledge.

Don't speak when a fool is listening, because he'll despise your wise words.

Like a gold earring and a necklace of pure gold is a wise reprover to a listening ear.

If someone quits listening to the Law even his prayer is detestable.

When a ruler is listening to lies, all of his officials tend to become wicked.

Moreover, besides being wise himself, the Teacher taught people what he had learned by listening, making inquiries, and composing many proverbs.

You who sit in the gardens, companions are listening for your voice, but let me hear it.

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel says: "Go and say to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, "Will you not accept correction by listening to what I say?" declares the LORD.

The king and all his officials who were listening to these words were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments.

They will eat, but will not be satisfied. They will engage in prostitution, but they won't increase, because they have stopped listening to the LORD.

But they refused to pay attention, turned their backs, and stopped listening.

"This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Be strong so the Temple can be built, you who are now listening to this message spoken by the prophets when the foundation was laid to the Temple of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

After listening to the king, they set out, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.

He was still speaking when a bright cloud suddenly overshadowed them. A voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him. Keep on listening to him!"

because Herod was afraid of John. He knew that John was a righteous and holy man, and so he protected him. Whenever he listened to John, he did much of what he said. In fact, he liked listening to him.

Then a cloud appeared and overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my Son, whom I love. Keep on listening to him!"

So he told it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" Now his disciples were listening to this.

David himself calls him "Lord,' so how can he be his son?" And the large crowd kept listening to him with delight.

Three days later, they found him in the Temple sitting among the teachers, listening to them, and posing questions to them.

"But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.

After Jesus had finished saying all these things to the people who were there listening, he went to Capernaum.

Then a voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my Son, whom I have chosen. Keep listening to him!"

She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and kept listening to what he was saying.

Now the Pharisees, who love money, had been listening to all this and began to ridicule Jesus.

Those who were listening to Jesus asked, "Then who can be saved?"

As they were listening to this, Jesus went on to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and because the people thought that the kingdom of God would appear immediately.

While all the people were listening, he told his disciples,

Many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is insane. Why bother listening to him?"

Cretans, and Arabs, listening to them talk in our own languages about the great deeds of God?"

While they were listening to these things, they became more and more furious and began to grind their teeth at him.

But they shouted out loud, stopped listening, and together they all rushed at him,

While Peter was still making this statement, the Holy Spirit fell on all the people who were listening to his message.

He was listening to Paul as he spoke. Paul watched him closely, and when he saw that he had faith to be healed,

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.

Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there used to spend their time doing nothing else other than listening to the latest ideas or repeating them.

Paul replied, "Whether quickly or not, I wish to God that not only you but everyone listening to me today would become what I am except for these chains!"

Consequently, faith results from listening, and listening results through the word of the Messiah.

Finally, brothers, goodbye. Keep on growing to maturity. Keep listening to my appeals. Continue agreeing with each other and living in peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.

Tell me, those of you who want to live under the Law: Are you really listening to what the Law says?

Remind others about these things, and warn them before God not to argue over words. Arguing does not do any good but only destroys those who are listening.