Listens

For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people.

But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil.”

Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.

He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.

A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.

A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.

If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ Whoever listens, let him listen; and whoever refuses, let him refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”

They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.

We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.