Hearing

Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.

Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.

…when all Israel comes before the LORD your God at the place He will choose, you are to read this law in the hearing of all Israel.

Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.

Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the men: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.

On hearing of this, all the leaders in the tower of Shechem entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith.

On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, “What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?” And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,

Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.

When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.

On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.

On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking her to become his wife.

On hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.

And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

On hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.

So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.

And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people great and small—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,

Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words:

On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.

Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.

All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.

And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’

The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.

Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’

“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”

Nevertheless, listen now to this message I am speaking in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.

Nevertheless, listen now to this message I am speaking in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people.

…so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.

…so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.

From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.

And Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.

Then all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, saying, “Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come here.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them.

“Please sit down,” they said, “and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.

“Please sit down,” they said, “and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.

Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.

Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.

Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.

Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

…so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”

…and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.

When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.

He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’

On hearing this, Jesus told him, “You still lack one thing: Sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,

On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”

On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”

“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”

So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,

On hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great fear came over all who heard what had happened.

On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”

On hearing this, the crowd and city officials were greatly disturbed.

Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.

On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”

Then Felix, who was well informed about the Way, adjourned the hearing and said, “When Lysias the commander comes, I will decide your case.”

But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”

‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”

Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.