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Want to know what the Bible says about Listening? Here are 112 Bible verses about Listening from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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James 1:19 NIV
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
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Proverbs 19:20 NIV
Listen to advice and accept discipline,
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.
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Proverbs 2:2 NIV
turning your ear to wisdom
    and applying your heart to understanding
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Proverbs 19:27 NIV
Stop listening to instruction, my son,
    and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
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Proverbs 1:33 NIV
but whoever listens to me will live in safety
    and be at ease, without fear of harm.”
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Proverbs 25:12 NIV
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold
    is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.
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John 8:47 NIV
Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
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Proverbs 18:2 NIV
Fools find no pleasure in understanding
    but delight in airing their own opinions.
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Revelation 2:7 NIV
Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.
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Galatians 4:6-9 NIV
6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father.” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. 9 But now that you know God—or rather are known by God —how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces ? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
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Romans 10:17 NIV
Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.
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Mark 9:7 NIV
Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”
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1 Thessalonians 2:13 NIV
And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe.
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James 1:22 NIV
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
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Luke 8:21 NIV
He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.”
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Revelation 3:20 NIV
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
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1 John 5:15 NIV
And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
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Exodus 20:19 NIV
and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die.”
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