Listening

Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.

Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac told his son Esau. So when Esau went into the field to hunt game and bring it back,

“Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”

When he had come near to her, the woman asked, “Are you Joab?” “I am,” he replied. “Listen to the words of your servant,” she said. “I am listening,” he answered.

Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.

You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!

As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.

Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.

While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.

This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.

Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.