Dictionary of Bible Themes: 5159 hearing

5159 hearing

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In Scripture, both physical hearing and spiritual apprehension. God hears the prayers of his people and the cry of the oppressed. People must hear and respond to God's word.

Divine hearing

God hears the prayers of his people

2 Samuel 22:7 See also Psalm 3:4; Isaiah 65:24; John 11:41-42; 1 Peter 3:12; Psalm 34:15

God hears the grumbling of his people

Numbers 11:1 See also Exodus 16:7-9,11-12; Numbers 12:1-2; Numbers 14:27

God hears the cry of the oppressed

James 5:4 See also Exodus 3:7; Psalm 94:9

God does not hear the unrighteous

Isaiah 59:1-2 See also Psalm 66:18; Isaiah 1:15; Jeremiah 11:11,14; Ezekiel 8:18; Amos 5:23; John 9:31

Other gods cannot hear

1 Kings 18:26-27; Psalm 115:6; Psalm 135:17; Isaiah 46:7

Hearing the word of God

The importance of hearing God's word

Deuteronomy 5:1; Ephesians 1:13 See also Deuteronomy 4:1; Jeremiah 2:4; Jeremiah 7:2; Micah 1:2; Matthew 13:16-17 pp Luke 10:23-24; John 5:24; Romans 10:17

Having ears to hear

Matthew 11:15 See also Matthew 13:9; Mark 4:9,23; Luke 8:8; Revelation 2:7,11,17,29; Revelation 3:6,13,22

The gospel must not only be heard but accepted and acted on

Hebrews 4:2 See also Matthew 7:24-27; Mark 4:14-20 pp Matthew 13:19-23 pp Luke 8:11-15; Romans 2:13; Galatians 3:2,5; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; James 1:22-24

It is God who grants effective hearing

Some people refuse to hear God's word

Jeremiah 6:10 See also Isaiah 42:18-20; Ezekiel 12:2; Acts 7:51; 2 Timothy 4:4

God denies the effective hearing of his word to those who stubbornly resist him

Matthew 13:10-15 pp Mark 4:10-12 pp Luke 8:9-10 See also Isaiah 6:9-10; John 8:43; Acts 28:26-27; Romans 11:8; Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10

The first Christians witnessed to what they had heard

Acts 22:14-15 See also Acts 4:20; Hebrews 2:3; 1 John 1:1

Physical hearing was restored by Jesus Christ

Mark 7:35-37 See also Matthew 11:5 pp Luke 7:22

The dead will hear the voice of the Son of God