Listening

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don’t hear, because you are not of God.”

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

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

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.

This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”

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

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!” — read the full passage →

“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock.

For this cause we also thank God without ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the message of God, you accepted it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which also works in you who believe.

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

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

The things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me: do these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

He therefore who supplies the Spirit to you, and works miracles among you, does he do it by the works of the law, or by hearing of faith?

Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.

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

But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom, and continues, not being a hearer who forgets, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does.

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

But Jesus didn’t trust himself to them, because he knew everyone,

Again he began to teach by the seaside. A great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat in the sea, and sat down. All the multitude were on the land by the sea. — read the full passage →

He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek. — read the full passage →

Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, “Bethesda”, having five porches.

Don’t quench the Spirit.

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you who hear.

For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in their midst,

“And to the angel of the assembly in Sardis write: “He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these things: “I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. — read the full passage →

Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed among you as crucified? — read the full passage →

The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”

he again defines a certain day, today, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.”

He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand.

seeing your pure behavior in fear.

We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.

He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.