Hearers: General Scriptures Concerning

As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’ …

Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. …

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

For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. …

But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!”

Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. …

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.

My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. …