Listening

So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

Hear counsel and receive instruction, So that thou art wise in thy latter end.

Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

To cause thine ear to attend to wisdom, Thou inclinest thy heart to understanding,

he who is having ears to hear--let him hear.

Cease, my son, to hear instruction--To err from sayings of knowledge.

And whoso is hearkening to me dwelleth confidently, And <FI>is<Fi> quiet from fear of evil!'

A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, <FI>Is<Fi> the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

so then the faith <FI>is<Fi> by a report, and the report through a saying of God,

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But--in uncovering his heart.

he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.'

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

He who is having an ear--let him hear what the Spirit saith to the assemblies: To him who is overcoming--I will give to him to eat of the tree of life that is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Call unto Me, and I do answer thee, yea, I declare to thee great and fenced things--thou hast not known them.

I have loved, because Jehovah heareth My voice, my supplication, — read the full passage →

lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

`And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you,

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother;

In mine adversity I call Jehovah, And unto my God I cry. He heareth from His temple my voice, And My cry before Him cometh into His ears.

A traveller to life <FI>is<Fi> he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.

and if we have known that He doth hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.

The eyes of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> unto the righteous, And His ears unto their cry.

(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

after Jehovah your God ye walk, and Him ye fear, and His commands ye keep, and to His voice ye hearken, and Him ye serve, and to Him ye cleave.

And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,

And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son--the Beloved, hear ye him;'

And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping <FI>it<Fi> !'

If ye hearken not, and if ye lay <FI>it<Fi> not to heart, To give honour to My name, said Jehovah of Hosts, I have sent against you the curse, And I have cursed your blessings, Yea, I have also cursed it, Because ye are not laying <FI> it<Fi> to heart.

Jehovah, <FI>at<Fi> morning Thou hearest my voice, <FI>At<Fi> morning I set in array for Thee, And I look out.

because the eyes of the Lord <FI>are<Fi> upon the righteous, and His ears--to their supplication, and the face of the Lord <FI>is<Fi> upon those doing evil;'

and because ye are sons, God did send forth the spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, `Abba, Father!' — read the full passage →

`Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

Because of this also, we--we do give thanks to God continually, that, having received the word of hearing from us of God, ye accepted, not the word of man, but as it is truly, the word of God, who also doth work in you who believe;

And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,

The wise in any matter findeth good, And whoso is trusting in Jehovah, O his happiness.

But he answering said, `It hath been written, Not upon bread alone doth man live, but upon every word coming forth from the mouth of God.'

the things that also ye did learn, and receive, and hear, and saw in me, those do, and the God of the peace shall be with you.

Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

He, therefore, who is supplying to you the Spirit, and working mighty acts among you--by works of law or by the hearing of faith <FI>is it<Fi> ?

My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear, — read the full passage →

because whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

and he answering said unto them, `My mother and my brethren! they are those who the word of God are hearing, and doing.'

The way of a fool <FI>is<Fi> right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel <FI>is<Fi> wise.

Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof <FI>is<Fi> brutish.

and say unto Moses, `Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'

and he who did look into the perfect law--that of liberty, and did continue there, this one--not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work--this one shall be happy in his doing.

according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,

And I have made mighty the house of Judah, And the house of Joseph I do save, And I have caused them to dwell, for I have loved them, And they have been as <FI>if<Fi> I had not cast them off, For I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah their God, And I answer them.

A Song of the Ascents. From depths I have called Thee, Jehovah. — read the full passage →

I sought Jehovah, and He answered me, And from all my fears did deliver me.

and I have multiplied thy seed as stars of the heavens, and I have given to thy seed all these lands; and blessed themselves in thy seed have all nations of the earth; — read the full passage →

Then singeth Moses and the sons of Israel this song to Jehovah, and they speak, saying: --`I sing to Jehovah, For triumphing He hath triumphed; The horse and its rider He hath thrown into the sea. — read the full passage →

And now, to you <FI>is<Fi> this charge, O priests, — read the full passage →

In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, hath a word of Jehovah been unto Zechariah, son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, the prophet, saying: — read the full passage →

And Jehovah cometh, and stationeth Himself, and calleth as time by time, `Samuel, Samuel;' and Samuel saith, `Speak, for Thy servant is hearing.'

My woe <FI>is<Fi> to me, for I have been As gatherings of summer-fruit, As gleanings of harvest, There is no cluster to eat, The first-ripe fruit desired hath my soul. — read the full passage →

and Jesus himself was not trusting himself to them, because of his knowing all <FI>men<Fi> ,

And again he began to teach by the sea, and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he, having gone into the boat, sat in the sea, and all the multitude was near the sea, on the land, — read the full passage →

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

And he came to Derbe and Lystra, and lo, a certain disciple was there, by name Timotheus son of a certain woman, a believing Jewess, but of a father, a Greek, — read the full passage →

and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-<FI> gate<Fi> a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches,

The Spirit quench not;

While he is yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, `This is My Son, --the Beloved, in whom I did delight; hear him.'

Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

And he said to them, `Take heed what ye hear; in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you; and to you who hear it shall be added;

If so be they hearken, and turn back each from his evil way, then I have repented concerning the evil that I am thinking of doing to them, because of the evil of their doings. — read the full passage →

Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance <FI>is<Fi> in a multitude of counsellors.

for in what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you.

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy; — read the full passage →

And Jesus having called near a child, did set him in the midst of them,

And to the messenger of the assembly in Sardis write: These things saith he who is having the Seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I have known thy works, and that thou hast the name that thou dost live, and thou art dead; — read the full passage →

The wise in any matter findeth good, And whoso is trusting in Jehovah, O his happiness. — read the full passage →

Hear, O My people, and I testify to thee, O Israel, if thou dost hearken to me:

This poor <FI>one<Fi> called, and Jehovah heard, And from all his distresses saved him.

`He who is hearing you, doth hear me; and he who is putting you away, doth put me away; and he who is putting me away, doth put away Him who sent me.'

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

After the going forth of Jeconiah the king, and the mistress, and the officers, heads of Judah and Jerusalem, and the artificer, and the smith, from Jerusalem--

Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you.

Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my rock, and my bulwark, And my deliverer, My God <FI>is<Fi> my rock, I trust in Him: My shield, and a horn of my salvation, My high tower.

Jehovah doth fight for you, and ye keep silent.'

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

O thoughtless Galatians, who did bewitch you, not to obey the truth--before whose eyes Jesus Christ was described before among you crucified? — read the full passage →

The man went away, and told the Jews that it is Jesus who made him whole,

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

In Jehovah doth my soul boast herself, Hear do the humble and rejoice.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

I have been inquired of by those who asked not, I have been found by those who sought Me not, I have said, `Behold Me, behold Me,' Unto a nation not calling in My name. — read the full passage →

After these things, Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, `Lo, thou hast become whole; sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee.'

To the Overseer, `Concerning the Inheritances.' --A Psalm of David. My sayings hear, O Jehovah, Consider my meditation.

thou dost not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of the dream, for Jehovah your God is trying you, to know whether ye are loving Jehovah your God with all your heart, and with all your soul;

Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

And now, ye sons, hearken to me, Yea, happy are they who keep my ways. — read the full passage →

<FI> Nun.<Fi> A lamp to my foot <FI>is<Fi> Thy word, And a light to my path.

again He doth limit a certain day, `To-day,' (in David saying, after so long a time,) as it hath been said, `To-day, if His voice ye may hear, ye may not harden your hearts,'

And having called near all the multitude, he said to them, `Hearken to me, ye all, and understand;

having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,

and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;

And he said to them, `When ye may pray, say ye: Our Father who art in the heavens; hallowed be Thy name: Thy reign come; Thy will come to pass, as in heaven also on earth;