16 Bible Verses About Hearing God’s Voice



  • 1 Samuel 3:1 says the word of the Lord was rare when God called Samuel, and Samuel mistook the voice for Eli’s three times before Eli recognised it.
  • In 1 Kings 19:11-12 the Lord was not in the wind, earthquake or fire, and spoke to Elijah after a gentle whisper.
  • Hebrews 1:1-2 contrasts God speaking through the prophets “in various ways” with speaking “by his Son”, and the voice at the transfiguration says of Jesus, “Listen to him!” (Matthew 17:5).
  • Jesus draws the picture of sheep and shepherd in John 10:3-4 and 10:27 and promises that the Holy Spirit will remind the disciples of what he said and will speak only what he hears (John 14:26, 16:13).
  • 1 John 4:1-2 tells believers to test every spirit by whether it acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh.

In the Bible God speaks to people directly, and Jesus says his sheep “know his voice”. God called Samuel by name (1 Samuel 3:10), spoke to Elijah in a gentle whisper (1 Kings 19:11-12) and told three disciples to listen to Jesus (Matthew 17:5). Hebrews 1:1-2 says God spoke through the prophets “in various ways” and has now “spoken to us by his Son”. Jesus draws the picture of sheep and shepherd in John 10:3-4 and 10:27, and promises that…

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