17 Bible Verses About Listening

The Bible asks people to listen to one another before they answer, to listen to advice, and to listen to God. James puts the first plainly: “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak” (James 1:19). The call to hear God runs from “Hear, O Israel” (Deuteronomy 6:4) to the voice from the cloud saying of Jesus, “Listen to him!” (Mark 9:7). Jesus and James both tie hearing to doing. The wise builder hears Jesus’ words and “puts them…