Listening To Others

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I have loved, because Jehovah heareth My voice, my supplication, — 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;

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.

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

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

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

`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;

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

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

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

My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear, — read the full passage →

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.

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 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.

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

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.'

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

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.

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

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

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 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.

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> ?

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 →

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips <FI>is<Fi> wise.

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

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

of no one to speak evil, not to be quarrelsome--gentle, showing all meekness to all men,

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

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;

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

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

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

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,

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper <FI>is<Fi> a man of understanding.

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

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

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 →

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 →

`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.'

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 →

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

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 →

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

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 →

`All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

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

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.

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.'

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 →

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

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 →

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

The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

And he said to them, `He who is having ears to hear--let him hear.'

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.

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

Euodia I exhort, and Syntyche I exhort, to be of the same mind in the Lord;

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

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;

My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

and be not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, for your proving what <FI>is<Fi> the will of God--the good, and acceptable, and perfect.

and the truth shall make you free.'

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

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 he taught them many things in similes, and he said to them in his teaching:

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

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;

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

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

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;'

nothing in rivalry or vain-glory, but in humility of mind one another counting more excellent than yourselves--

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

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

Counsel in the heart of a man <FI>is<Fi> deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.

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

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 →

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