Quotes About Listening

Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.

Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.

Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see!

Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”

Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?

But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.

Listen to Me, you stubborn people, far removed from righteousness:

Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.

The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.

Incline 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.

Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all you families of the house of Israel.

To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

I appointed watchmen over you and said, ëListen for the sound of the ramís horn.í But they answered, ëWe will not listen!í

And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,

As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.

When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.