'Hear' in the Bible

Yes, to them you are like a singer of love songs who has a beautiful voice and plays skillfully on an instrument. They hear your words, but they don’t obey them.

“Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord.

therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord!

“Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.

therefore, mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God. This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become plunder and a mockery to the rest of the nations all around.

He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and say to them: Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord!

When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, drum, and every kind of music, you are to fall down and worship the gold statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

Now if you’re ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, drum, and every kind of music, fall down and worship the statue I made. But if you don’t worship it, you will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire—and who is the god who can rescue you from my power?”

Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you and your nobles, wives, and concubines drank wine from them, you praised the gods made of silver and gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or understand. But you have not glorified the God who holds your life-breath in His hand and who controls the whole course of your life.

Therefore, our God, hear the prayer and the petitions of Your servant. Show Your favor to Your desolate sanctuary for the Lord’s sake.

Listen, my God, and hear. Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city called by Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You based on our righteous acts, but based on Your abundant compassion.

Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, listen and act! My God, for Your own sake, do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name.

Hear the word of the Lord, people of Israel,for the Lord has a caseagainst the inhabitants of the land:There is no truth, no faithful love,and no knowledge of God in the land!

Hear this, priests!Pay attention, house of Israel!Listen, royal house!For the judgment applies to youbecause you have been a snare at Mizpahand a net spread out on Tabor.

Hear this, you elders;listen, all you inhabitants of the land.Has anything like this ever happened in your daysor in the days of your ancestors?

Now hear the word of the Lord. You say:Do not prophesy against Israel;do not preach against the house of Isaac.

Hear this, you who trample on the needyand do away with the poor of the land,

Hear this! The days are coming—this is the declaration of the Lord God—when I will send a famine through the land:not a famine of bread or a thirst for water,but of hearing the words of the Lord.

Hear this! The days are coming—this is the Lord’s declaration—when the plowman will overtake the reaperand the one who treads grapes,the sower of seed.The mountains will drip with sweet wine,and all the hills will flow with it.

Now listen to what the Lord is saying:Rise, plead your case before the mountains,and let the hills hear your voice.

But I will look to the Lord;I will wait for the God of my salvation.My God will hear me.

There is no remedy for your injury;your wound is severe.All who hear the news about youwill clap their hands because of you,for who has not experiencedyour constant cruelty?

Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded!For something is taking place in your daysthat you will not believewhen you hear about it.

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

The Lord of Hosts says this: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words that the prophets spoke when the foundations were laid for the rebuilding of the temple, the house of the Lord of Hosts.

What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper, proclaim on the housetops.

Jesus replied to them, “Go and report to John what you hear and see:

the blind see, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are healed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news.

He will not argue or shout,and no one will hear His voice in the streets.

The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and look—something greater than Solomon is here!

For this people’s heart has grown callous;their ears are hard of hearing,and they have shut their eyes;otherwise they might see with their eyesand hear with their ears,understand with their heartsand turn back—and I would cure them.

“But your eyes are blessed because they do see, and your ears because they do hear!

For I assure you: Many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you see yet didn’t see them; to hear the things you hear yet didn’t hear them.

and said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?”“Yes,” Jesus told them. “Have you never read:You have prepared praisefrom the mouths of children and nursing infants?”

You are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, because these things must take place, but the end is not yet.

Then Pilate said to Him, “Don’t You hear how much they are testifying against You?”

Then He said, “Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”

These are the ones along the path where the word is sown: when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word sown in them.

And these are the ones sown on rocky ground: when they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.

Others are sown among thorns; these are the ones who hear the word,

But the ones sown on good ground are those who hear the word, welcome it, and produce a crop: 30, 60, and 100 times what was sown.”

If anyone has ears to hear, he should listen!”

Then He said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use, it will be measured and added to you.

because Herod was in awe of John and was protecting him, knowing he was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him he would be very disturbed, yet would hear him gladly.

[If anyone has ears to hear, he should listen!]”

They were extremely astonished and said, “He has done everything well! He even makes deaf people hear, and people unable to speak, talk!”

Do you have eyes, and not see, and do you have ears, and not hear? And do you not remember?

When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, don’t be alarmed; these things must take place, but the end is not yet.

As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word, He was standing by Lake Gennesaret.

But the news about Him spread even more, and large crowds would come together to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

They came to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those tormented by unclean spirits were made well.

He replied to them, “Go and report to John the things you have seen and heard: The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are healed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news.

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!”

And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, welcome the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and depart in a time of testing.

But He replied to them, “My mother and My brothers are those who hear and do the word of God.”

“I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this I hear such things about?” And he wanted to see Him.

For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see the things you see yet didn’t see them; to hear the things you hear yet didn’t hear them.”

He said, “Even more, those who hear the word of God and keep it are blessed!”

The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and look—something greater than Solomon is here!

It isn’t fit for the soil or for the manure pile; they throw it out. Anyone who has ears to hear should listen!”

So he called the manager in and asked, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be my manager.’

When you hear of wars and rebellions, don’t be alarmed. Indeed, these things must take place first, but the end won’t come right away.”

Then all the people would come early in the morning to hear Him in the temple complex.

The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

“I assure you: An hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice

“I can do nothing on My own. I judge only as I hear, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

“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?”

The doorkeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

My sheep hear My voice, I know them, and they follow Me.

I know that You always hear Me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so they may believe You sent Me.”

The one who doesn’t love Me will not keep My words. The word that you hear is not Mine but is from the Father who sent Me.

How is it that each of us can hear in our own native language?

Cretans and Arabs—we hear them speaking the magnificent acts of God in our own languages.”

Therefore, since He has been exalted to the right hand of God and has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, He has poured out what you both see and hear.

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was divinely directed by a holy angel to call you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

Therefore I immediately sent for you, and you did the right thing in coming. So we are all present before God, to hear everything you have been commanded by the Lord.”

He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and desired to hear God’s message.

The following Sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the message of the Lord.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them: “Brothers, you are aware that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the gospel message and believe.

When they heard about resurrection of the dead, some began to ridicule him. But others said, “We’d like to hear from you again about this.”

You both see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this man Paul has persuaded and misled a considerable number of people by saying that gods made by hand are not gods!

So what is to be done? They will certainly hear that you’ve come.

Now those who were with me saw the light, but they did not hear the voice of the One who was speaking to me.

Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the sound of His voice.

Then Agrippa said to Festus, “I would like to hear the man myself.”“Tomorrow you will hear him,” he replied.

But we would like to hear from you what you think. For concerning this sect, we are aware that it is spoken against everywhere.”

For the hearts of these peoplehave grown callous,their ears are hard of hearing,and they have shut their eyes;otherwise they might see with their eyesand hear with their ears,understand with their heart,and be converted,and I would heal them.

But how can they call on Him they have not believed in? And how can they believe without hearing about Him? And how can they hear without a preacher?

But I ask, “Did they not hear?” Yes, they did:Their voice has gone out to all the earth,and their words to the ends of the inhabited world.

as it is written:God gave them a spirit of insensitivity,eyes that cannot seeand ears that cannot hear,to this day.

For to begin with, I hear that when you come together as a church there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it.

Tell me, those of you who want to be under the law, don’t you hear the law?

No foul language is to come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.

Just one thing: Live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, working side by side for the faith that comes from the gospel,

having the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I have.

Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon so that I also may be encouraged when I hear news about you.

For we hear that there are some among you who walk irresponsibly, not working at all, but interfering with the work of others.

For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear something new.

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the proclamation might be fully made through me and all the Gentiles might hear. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.