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What Does the Bible Say About Listening?

Here are 12 Bible verses about listening, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #1James 1:19

    Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

    BSBMy beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

  2. #2Proverbs 19:20

    Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

    BSBListen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

  3. #3Proverbs 18:13

    He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

    BSBHe who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.

  4. #4Proverbs 2:2

    So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

    BSBif you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

  5. #5Matthew 11:15

    He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

    BSBHe who has ears, let him hear.

  6. #6Proverbs 19:27

    Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

    BSBIf you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  7. #7Proverbs 1:33

    But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

    BSBBut whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”

  8. #8Proverbs 25:12

    As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

    BSBLike an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.

  9. #9Romans 10:17

    So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

    BSBConsequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

  10. #10Proverbs 18:2

    A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

    BSBA fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.

  11. #11John 8:47

    He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

    BSBWhoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

  12. #12James 1:22

    But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

    BSBBe doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.

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