are we.

Acts 17:11, 12
Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true. . . .

Acts 28:28
Be advised, therefore, that God's salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!"

Deuteronomy 5:25-29
But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer. . . .

2 Chronicles 30:12
Also, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.

Proverbs 1:5
let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel--

Proverbs 9:9, 10
Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning. . . .

Proverbs 18:15
The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks it out.

Proverbs 25:12
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man's rebuke to a listening ear.

Matthew 18:4
Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:30
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

Mark 10:15
Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."

1 Corinthians 3:18
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.

Galatians 4:14
And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise me or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.

1 Thessalonians 2:13
And we continually thank God that in receiving the word of God from us, you did not accept it as the word of men, but as the true word of God--the word now at work in you who believe.

James 1:19, 21
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, . . .

1 Peter 2:1, 2
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. . . .