Dictionary of Bible Themes: 5165 listening

5165 listening

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People are called upon to listen attentively to God's word, to his Son and also to words of wisdom. Christians must not only listen to God's word but also put it into practice. Those who refuse to listen to God's word or to correction are condemned.

The importance of listening

To God's word and his spokesmen

1 Samuel 3:10 See also 2 Chronicles 20:15; Psalm 81:8; Jeremiah 26:3-6; Micah 1:2; Acts 2:14; Acts 13:16; Acts 28:28

To Jesus Christ

Matthew 17:5 pp Mark 9:7 pp Luke 9:35 John 10:27 See also Matthew 15:10 pp Mark 7:14; Luke 10:16,39; John 10:8,16

To words of wisdom

Proverbs 19:20; James 1:19 See also Psalm 34:11; Proverbs 5:7; Proverbs 7:24; Proverbs 8:32-34; Proverbs 12:15; Proverbs 13:1; Proverbs 15:31; Luke 2:46; James 2:5

Believers should not listen to false prophets or ungodly suggestions

Jeremiah 23:16 See also Deuteronomy 13:1-3,6-8; Jeremiah 27:9,14-17; Jeremiah 29:8-9; Ezekiel 13:19; 1 John 4:1,5-6; 2Jn 10

The wicked refuse to listen to God

Ezekiel 3:7 See also Exodus 7:13 Pharaoh's refusal to listen; 2 Kings 17:14,40; Kings 18:12; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 81:11; Isaiah 65:12

It is a particular emphasis of the prophecy of Jeremiah that the people have refused to listen to God's voice:

Jeremiah 7:13,26-27; Jeremiah 12:17; Jeremiah 13:11; Jeremiah 17:23; Jeremiah 22:21; Jeremiah 25:3,7; Jeremiah 29:19; Jeremiah 32:33; Jeremiah 34:14; Jeremiah 35:15,17; Jeremiah 37:2; Jeremiah 38:15; Jeremiah 44:5,16 Ezekiel 20:8; Zechariah 7:11-12; Malachi 2:2; Luke 16:29-31

Those who refuse to listen to correction are condemned

Matthew 18:15-17

God's people must not only listen to God's word but also put it into practice

Luke 11:28; James 1:22-24 In Hebrew and Greek the verb “listen” is related by the verb “to obey”. See also Ezekiel 33:32; Matthew 7:24-27 pp Luke 6:47-49; Romans 2:13

Examples of people listening

Genesis 18:10 Sarah at the tent entrance; Genesis 27:5 Rebekah to Isaac; 1 Samuel 3:9-10 Samuel to God; Proverbs 19:27 a son to instruction; Luke 2:46 Jesus Christ to the teachers of the law

The crowds to Jesus Christ:

Luke 5:1; Luke 20:45 Luke 10:39 Mary to Jesus Christ

People to the apostles:

Acts 16:14,25; Acts 26:29