25 Bible Verses about Listening

1 Samuel 3:10 NIV
The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
Psalm 5:3 NIV
In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait expectantly.
Psalm 18:6 NIVIn my distress I called to the Lord;
I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came before him, into his ears.
Psalm 34:11 NIV
Come, my children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
Psalm 81:8 NIV
Hear me, my people, and I will warn you—
if you would only listen to me, Israel!
Psalm 116:1-2 NIV
I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;
he heard my cry for mercy.
²Because he turned his ear to me,
I will call on him as long as I live.
Proverbs 8:32-34 NIV
“Now then, my children, listen to me;
    blessed are those who keep my ways.
³³Listen to my instruction and be wise;
    do not disregard it.
³⁴Blessed are those who listen to me,
    watching daily at my doors,
    waiting at my doorway.
Proverbs 12:15 NIV
The way of fools seems right to them,
but the wise listen to advice.
Proverbs 13:1 ESV
A wise son hears his father’s instruction,
but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Proverbs 15:31 ESV
The ear that listens to life-giving reproof
will dwell among the wise.
Proverbs 19:20 NIV
Listen to advice and accept discipline,
and at the end you will be counted among the wise.
Jeremiah 26:3-6 NIV
Perhaps they will listen and each will turn from their evil ways. Then I will relent and not inflict on them the disaster I was planning because of the evil they have done. ⁴Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: If you do not listen to me and follow my law, which I have set before you, ⁵and if you do not listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I have sent to you again and again (though you have not listened), ⁶then I will make this house like Shiloh and this city a curse^[a] among all the nations of the earth.’”
Micah 1:2 NIV
Hear, you peoples, all of you,
listen, earth and all who live in it,
that the Sovereign Lord may bear witness against you,
the Lord from his holy temple.
Malachi 2:2 NIV
If you do not listen, and if you do not resolve to honor my name,” says the Lord Almighty, “I will send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them, because you have not resolved to honor me.
Jeremiah 7:13 ESV
And now, because you have done all these things, declares the Lord, andwhen I spoke to you persistently you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer,
Jeremiah 29:12 NIV
Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
Matthew 7:24 NIV
Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Matthew 17:5 NIV
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.Listen to him!”
Mark 4:24 ESV
And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.
Mark 7:14 NIV
Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this.
Luke 11:28 NIV
He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
John 10:27 NIV
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
James 1:19 NIV
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
James 1:22 NIV
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
1 John 5:15 NIV
And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.