'Hear' in the Bible

"Go and report to John what you see and hear," replied Jesus;

"blind eyes receive sight, and cripples walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf ears hear; the dead are raised to life, and the poor have the Good News proclaimed to them;

The Queen of the south will awake at the Judgement together with the present generation, and will condemn it; because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and mark! there is One greater than Solomon here.

I speak to them in figurative language for this reason, that while looking they do not see, and while hearing they neither hear nor understand.

And in regard to them the prophecy of Isaiah is receiving signal fulfilment: "'You will hear and hear and by no means understand, and you will look and look and by no means see.

"But as for you, blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.

For I solemnly tell you that many Prophets and holy men have longed to see the sights you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the words you hear, and have not heard them.

Then, when He had called the people to Him, Jesus said, "Hear and understand.

If he refuses to hear them, appeal to the Church; and if he refuses to hear even the Church, regard him just as you regard a Gentile or a tax-gatherer.

"Do you hear," they asked Him, "what these children are saying?" "Yes," He replied; "have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of infants and of babes at the breast Thou hast brought forth the praise which is due'?"

And before long you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. Do not be alarmed, for such things must be; but the End is not yet.

"Do you not hear," asked Pilate, "what a mass of evidence they are bringing against you?"

Those, on the other hand, who have received the seed on the good ground, are all who hear the Message and welcome it, and yield a return of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold."

He also said to them, "Take care what you hear. With what measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and that with interest.

The amazement was extreme. "He succeeds in everything he attempts," they exclaimed; "he even makes deaf men hear and dumb men speak!"

You have eyes! can you not see? You have ears! can you not hear? and have you no memory?

"The chief Commandment," replied Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;

But when you hear of wars and rumours of wars, do not be alarmed: come they must, but the End is not yet.

"Doubtless," said He, "you will quote to me the proverb, 'Physician, cure yourself: all that we hear that you have done at Capernaum, do here also in your native place.'"

But all the more the report about Him spread abroad, and great multitudes crowded to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

With these He came down till He reached a level place, where there was a great crowd of His disciples, and a multitude of people from every part of Judaea, from Jerusalem, and from the sea-side district of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear Him and to be cured of their diseases;

Then He answered the messengers, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard. Blind men receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are purified, deaf persons hear, the dead are raised to life, the poor have the Good News proclaimed to them.

"To you," He replied, "it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God; but all others are taught by parables, in order that they may see and yet not see, and may hear and yet not understand.

Be careful, therefore, how you hear; for whoever has anything, to him more shall be given, and whoever has nothing, even that which he thinks he has shall be taken away from him."

"My mother and my brothers," He replied, "are these who hear God's Message and obey it."

And Herod said, "John I have beheaded; but who is this, of whom I hear such reports?" And he sought for an opportunity of seeing Jesus.

For I tell you that many Prophets and kings have desired to see the things you see, and have not seen them, and to hear the things you hear, and have not heard them."

"Nay rather," He replied, "they are blessed who hear God's Message and carefully keep it."

The Queen of the South will awake at the Judgement together with the men of the present generation, and will condemn them; because she came from the extremity of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; but mark! One greater than Solomon is here.

He called him and said, "'What is this I hear about you? Render an account of your stewardship, for I cannot let you hold it any longer.'

"'They have Moses and the Prophets,' replied Abraham; 'let them hear them.'

And the Lord said, "Hear those words of the unjust judge.

But when you hear of wars and turmoils, be not afraid; for these things must happen first, but the end does not come immediately."

The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So is it with every one who has been born of the Spirit."

"In most solemn truth I tell you that a time is coming--nay, has already come--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.

Wonder not at this. For a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice and will come forth--

"I have told you already," he replied, "and you did not listen to me. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also mean to be disciples of his?"

To him the porter opens the door, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by their names and leads them out.

How then does each of us hear his own native language spoken by them?

Yet we all alike hear these Galilaeans speaking in our own language about the wonderful things which God has done."

"Being therefore lifted high by the mighty hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out this which you see and hear.

On the next Sabbath almost the whole population of the city came together to hear the Lord's Message.

and after there had been a long discussion Peter rose to his feet. "It is within your own knowledge," he said, "that God originally made choice among you that from my lips the Gentiles were to hear the Message of the Good News, and believe.

When they heard Paul speak of a resurrection of dead men, some began to scoff. But others said, "We will hear you again on that subject."

"Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you first believed?" he asked them. "No," they replied, "we did not even hear that there is a Holy Spirit."

and you see and hear that, not in Ephesus only but throughout almost the whole province of Asia, this fellow Paul has led away a vast number of people by inducing them to believe that they are not gods at all that are made by men's hands.

What then ought you to do? They are sure to hear that you have come to Jerusalem;

"Now the men who were with me, though they saw the light, did not hear the words of Him who spoke to me.

Then he said, 'The God of our forefathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the righteous One and hear Him speak.

he said, "I will hear all you have to say, when your accusers also have come." And he ordered him to be detained in custody in Herod's Palace.

"I should like to hear the man myself," said Agrippa. "to-morrow," replied Festus, "you shall." Accordingly, the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came in state

But we should be glad to hear from you what it is that you believe; for as for this sect all we know is that it is everywhere spoken against."

"'Go to this people and tell them, you will hear and hear, and by no means understand; and will look and look, and by no means see.

It is not those that merely hear the Law read who are righteous in the sight of God, but it is those that obey the Law who will be pronounced righteous.

But how are they to call on One in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in One whose voice they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?

And so Scripture says, "God has given them a spirit of drowsiness--eyes to see nothing with and ears to hear nothing with--even until now."

Only let the lives you live be worthy of the Good News of the Christ, in order that, whether I come and see you or, being absent, only hear of you, I may know that you are standing fast in one spirit and with one mind, fighting shoulder to shoulder for the faith of the Good News.

maintaining, as you do, the same kind of conflict that you once saw in me and which you still hear that I am engaged in.

For we hear that there are some of you who live disorderly lives and are mere idle busybodies.

The Lord, however, stood by me and filled me with inward strength, that through me the Message might be fully proclaimed and that all the Gentiles might hear it; and I was rescued from the lion's jaws.

because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have towards the Lord Jesus and which you manifest towards all God's people;

For this reason--as the Holy Spirit warns us, "To-day, if you hear His voice,

seeing that the warning still comes to us, "To-day, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as your forefathers did in the time of the provocation."

He again definitely mentions a certain day, "To-day," saying long afterwards, by David's lips, in the words already quoted, "To-day, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts."

For if Joshua had given them the true rest, we should not afterwards hear God speaking of another still future day.

You will rejoice to hear that our brother Timothy has been set at liberty. If he comes soon, I will see you with him.

You know this, my dearly-loved brethren. But let every one be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to be angry.

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are living in obedience to the truth.

But the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues, did not even then repent and leave the things they had made, so as to cease worshipping the demons, and the idols of gold and silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear, nor move.

After this I seemed to hear the far-echoing voices of a great multitude in Heaven, who said, "Hallelujah! The salvation and the glory and the power belong to our God.

And I seemed to hear the voices of a great multitude and the sound of many waters and of loud peals of thunder, which said, "Hallelujah! Because the Lord our God, the Ruler of all, has become King.