'Hear' in the Bible

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

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

the blind receive sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

“He will not quarrel, nor cry out;Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.

The Queen of the South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

He who has ears, let him hear.”

Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

For the heart of this people has become dull,With their ears they scarcely hear,And they have closed their eyes,Otherwise they would see with their eyes,Hear with their ears,And understand with their heart and return,And I would heal them.’

But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

“Hear then the parable of the sower.

Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear and understand.

and said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” And Jesus *said to them, “Yes; have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise for Yourself’?”

Then Pilate *said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?”

And He was saying, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

so that while seeing, they may see and not perceive, and while hearing, they may hear and not understand, otherwise they might return and be forgiven.”

These are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

In a similar way these are the ones on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy;

And those are the ones on whom seed was sown on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”

If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”

With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it;

[If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”]

They were utterly astonished, saying, “He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.”

Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember,

Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;

When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be frightened; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end.

But the news about Him was spreading even farther, and large crowds were gathering to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were being cured.

“But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

And He answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the gospel preached to them.

Other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as great.” As He said these things, He would call out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away.

But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”

Herod said, “I myself had John beheaded; but who is this man about whom I hear such things?” And he kept trying to see Him.

for I say to you, that many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.”

But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.”

The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

It is useless either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’

But Abraham *said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’

And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge *said;

When you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end does not follow immediately.”

The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice,

“I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.

He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”

He answered them, “I told you already and you did not listen; why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciples too, do you?”

We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him.

To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.

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

He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?

Cretans and Arabs—we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God.”

Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear.

And he said, “Hear me, brethren and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well spoken of by the entire nation of the Jews, was divinely directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear a message from you.”

So I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here present before God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”

who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

The next Sabbath nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of the Lord.

After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe.

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some began to sneer, but others said, “We shall hear you again concerning this.”

You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that gods made with hands are no gods at all.

What, then, is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come.

“Brethren and fathers, hear my defense which I now offer to you.”

And he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear an utterance from His mouth.

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

And Paul said, “I would wish to God, that whether in a short or long time, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these chains.”

But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for concerning this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere.”

For the heart of this people has become dull,And with their ears they scarcely hear,And they have closed their eyes;Otherwise they might see with their eyes,And hear with their ears,And understand with their heart and return,And I would heal them.”’

How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher?

just as it is written,“God gave them a spirit of stupor,Eyes to see not and ears to hear not,Down to this very day.”

For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it.

Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

experiencing the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies.

Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will ensure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you.

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion’s mouth.

because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints;

Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,“Today if you hear His voice,

while it is said,“Today if you hear His voice,Do not harden your hearts, as when they provoked Me.”

He again fixes a certain day, “Today,” saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before,“Today if you hear His voice,Do not harden your hearts.”

This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger;

I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.’

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.’

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk;

If anyone has an ear, let him hear.