Bible Verses About Hearing
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for hearing, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,334 votes, led by Romans 10:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Hearing
Romans 10:17154 votes
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Galatians 3:279 votes
This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Matthew 11:1577 votes
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Isaiah 55:1173 votes
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Luke 8:1570 votes
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Luke 11:2866 votes
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
James 1:19-2759 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Mark 4:2457 votes
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
Hebrews 4:254 votes
For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Hebrews 3:7-853 votes
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
John 10:2742 votes
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
Jeremiah 33:341 votes
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
1 John 5:1439 votes
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
John 8:4738 votes
He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
Galatians 3:537 votes
He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
James 1:1935 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
James 1:2234 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
John 6:6333 votes
It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
Acts 17:1133 votes
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Hebrews 4:1233 votes
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
John 16:1332 votes
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
1 Peter 3:1232 votes
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
Isaiah 30:2131 votes
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
Luke 8:1830 votes
Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
John 14:2629 votes
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
What does the Bible say about hearing?
Readers most often cite Romans 10:17 on the subject of hearing. Across 2,334 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Galatians 3:2, Matthew 11:15, Isaiah 55:11. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.