35 Bible Verses About Being Quiet And Listening

1 Kings 19:12

“And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.”

Psalm 46:10

“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”

Proverbs 10:19

“When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise.”

Proverbs 17:28

“Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.”

Proverbs 29:20

“Do you see someone who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for them.”

Ecclesiastes 5:1

“Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.”

Isaiah 50:4

“The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.”

Matthew 11:15

“He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”

Matthew 13:9

“He who has ears, let him hear.”

Matthew 13:43

“Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.”

Matthew 17:5

“While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”

Mark 4:9

“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Mark 4:23

“If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Luke 8:8

“He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

John 10:3

“To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.”

John 10:27

“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”

James 1:19

“Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.”

James 1:22

“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”

1 Samuel 3:10

“And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel, Samuel!” Then Samuel answered, “Speak, for thy servant heareth.”

Psalms 37:7

“Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.”

Psalms 62:5

“My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.”

Psalms 119:15

“I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.”

Proverbs 12:1

“Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.”

Proverbs 16:20

“He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.”

Proverbs 23:19

“Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.”

Isaiah 55:3

“Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.”

Jeremiah 6:16

“Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.”

Jeremiah 33:3

“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.”

Matthew 6:6

“But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.”

Matthew 7:24

“Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man.”

Matthew 13:16

“But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.”

Mark 7:14

“And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand.”

Romans 10:17

“So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

1 Corinthians 14:21

“In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.”

Colossians 3:2

“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”

Hebrews 3:15

“While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.”

Hebrews 5:11

“Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.”

Hebrews 12:25

“See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven.”

James 1:23

“For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass.”

James 3:13

“Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.”

Revelation 2:7

“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”