Bible verses about Listening
Verses about listening to God and to others with care.
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
Deuteronomy 6:4“Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
1 Samuel 3:9Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”
1 Samuel 3:10After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.
1 Kings 19:12let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
Proverbs 1:5if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
Proverbs 2:2My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
Proverbs 4:20Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.
Proverbs 4:21Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
Proverbs 8:32Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.
Proverbs 8:33Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
Proverbs 8:34The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
Proverbs 12:15He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
Proverbs 15:31He who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.
Proverbs 18:13Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
Proverbs 19:20If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
Ecclesiastes 5:1Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
Ecclesiastes 5:2Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
Isaiah 55:2Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
Isaiah 55:3He who has ears, let him hear.
Matthew 11:15My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
James 1:19My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
John 10:27Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
Luke 8:18But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Luke 11:28