'Listening' in the Bible

After listening to the king, they set out, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it came and stopped over the place where the child was.

He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.

He who has ears [to hear], let him hear and heed My words.”

Then the righteous [those who seek the will of God] will shine forth [radiating the new life] like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears [to hear], let him hear and heed My words.

He was still speaking when a bright cloud suddenly overshadowed them. A voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with him. Keep on listening to him!"

After listening to His parables the High Priests and the Pharisees perceived that He was speaking about them;

If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.”

because Herod was afraid of John. He knew that John was a righteous and holy man, and so he protected him. Whenever he listened to John, he did much of what he said. In fact, he liked listening to him.

[If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”]

Then a cloud appeared and overshadowed them. A voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my Son, whom I love. Keep on listening to him!"

So he told it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" Now his disciples were listening to this.

David himself calls Him ‘Lord’; how then can the Messiah be his Son?” And the large crowd was listening to Him with delight.

After three days, they found Him in the temple complex sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

Then all in the synagogue, while listening to these words, were filled with fury.

Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret;

"But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.

After Jesus had finished saying all these things to the people who were there listening, he went to Capernaum.

And some fell into good soil, and grew up and produced a crop a hundred times as great.” As He said these things, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.”

Then a voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my Son, whom I have chosen. Keep listening to him!"

She had a sister named Mary, who also sat at the Lord’s feet and was listening to what He said.

After listening to this teaching, one of His fellow guests said to Him, "Blessed is he who shall feast in God's Kingdom."

The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and scoffing at Him.

Those who were listening to Jesus asked, "Then who can be saved?"

As they were listening to this, He went on to tell a parable because He was near Jerusalem, and they thought the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.

and they could not find what they might do; for the people all hung upon him, listening.

While all the people were listening, He said to His disciples,

Listening to these words, some of the people said, “This is certainly the Prophet!”

Many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is insane. Why bother listening to him?"

The sheep that are My own hear My voice and listen to Me; I know them, and they follow Me.

He who has no love for me does not obey my teaching; and yet the teaching to which you are listening is not mine, but is the teaching of the Father who sent me.

Cretans, and Arabs, listening to them talk in our own languages about the great deeds of God?"

and they were constant in listening to the teaching of the Apostles and in their attendance at the Communion, that is, the Breaking of the Bread, and at prayer.

But Peter and John replied, "Judge whether it is right in God's sight to listen to you instead of listening to God.

While they were listening to these things, they became more and more furious and began to grind their teeth at him.

But they shouted out loud, stopped listening, and together they all rushed at him,

Crowds of people, with one accord, gave attention to what they heard from him, listening, and witnessing the signs which he did.

While Peter was still making this statement, the Holy Spirit fell on all the people who were listening to his message.

He was listening to Paul as he spoke. Paul watched him closely, and when he saw that he had faith to be healed,

All the people kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were relating what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.

A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, was listening. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was spoken by Paul.

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

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there used to spend their time doing nothing else other than listening to the latest ideas or repeating them.

After listening to this harangue, they became furiously angry and kept calling out, "Great is the Ephesian Diana!"

The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, "Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!"

Paul replied, "Whether quickly or not, I wish to God that not only you but everyone listening to me today would become what I am except for these chains!"

Consequently, faith results from listening, and listening results through the word of the Messiah.

Yet even lifeless things, whether flute or harp, when producing a sound, if they do not produce distinct [musical] tones, how will anyone [listening] know what is piped or played?

Finally, brothers, goodbye. Keep on growing to maturity. Keep listening to my appeals. Continue agreeing with each other and living in peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you.

Tell me, those of you who want to live under the Law: Are you really listening to what the Law says?

In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,

Remind others about these things, and warn them before God not to argue over words. Arguing does not do any good but only destroys those who are listening.

and will turn away from listening to the truth and will turn aside to fables.

The [Holy] Spirit and the bride (the church, believers) say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take and drink the water of life without cost.