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Listening To God

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John 8:47

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

Mark 4:24

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.

John 10:27–28

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. — read the full passage →

Romans 10:17

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

Revelation 3:20

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.

James 1:22

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

James 1:19

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

Hebrews 4:7

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.”

1 John 5:14

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

Philippians 4:6

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

John 10:2–4

But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. — read the full passage →

Luke 11:28

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

Matthew 4:4

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.’”

Luke 8:18

Be careful therefore how you hear. For whoever has, to him will be given; and whoever doesn’t have, from him will be taken away even that which he thinks he has.”

1 John 5:15

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.

Acts 16:25

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

John 14:26

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

Galatians 3:5

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?

Philippians 4:9

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

John 10:27

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

Luke 12:3

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.

Matthew 7:24

“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.

Matthew 18:15

“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.

Luke 8:21

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

Matthew 6:33

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Philippians 4:7

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 3:15

while it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.”

John 16:13

However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

Revelation 3:22

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

2 Timothy 3:16

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

1 Thessalonians 2:13

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.

John 5:30

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

2 Corinthians 12:9–10

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me. — read the full passage →

Mark 4:9

He said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Hebrews 3:7

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,

Hebrews 2:1

Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.

Luke 10:38–42

As they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. — read the full passage →

Revelation 1:1

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,

John 5:37

The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Therefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as you also do.

1 Peter 3:12

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.”

Philippians 2:13

For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.

Luke 24:27

Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.

James 1:25

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.

1 Corinthians 2:14

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Luke 5:1

Now while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.

Revelation 2:1–3:22

“To the angel of the assembly in Ephesus write: “He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks among the seven golden lamp stands says these things: — read the full passage →

John 3:16–17

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 →

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