Listening

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. — read the full passage →

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. — read the full passage →

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. — read the full passage →

Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.

Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. — read the full passage →

I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; — read the full passage →

Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. — read the full passage →

And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. — read the full passage →

In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, — read the full passage →

And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. — read the full passage →

But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,

And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. — read the full passage →

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, — read the full passage →

Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: — read the full passage →

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

Quench not the Spirit.

While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. — read the full passage →

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. — read the full passage →

He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he. — read the full passage →

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)

Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? — read the full passage →

The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. — read the full passage →

Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.

Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. — read the full passage →

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:

While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.