Bible Verses About Listening to Others
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for listening to others, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 62,770 votes, led by James 1:19. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Listening to Others
James 1:192,430 votes
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
Proverbs 18:131,484 votes
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Proverbs 12:151,286 votes
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Proverbs 19:271,122 votes
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 18:21,043 votes
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Romans 10:17996 votes
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Proverbs 10:17891 votes
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Jeremiah 29:12891 votes
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
Psalms 116:1-2878 votes
I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
Matthew 7:24873 votes
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Psalms 18:6868 votes
In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Psalms 34:15867 votes
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
Proverbs 11:14865 votes
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Jeremiah 33:3864 votes
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Matthew 18:15858 votes
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
James 1:22825 votes
But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Proverbs 2:2799 votes
So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
1 Peter 3:12780 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.
Luke 11:28778 votes
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Proverbs 5:1-23740 votes
My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
Philippians 4:9736 votes
Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
1 John 5:14735 votes
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
1 John 5:15733 votes
And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Acts 16:25731 votes
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Deuteronomy 13:4730 votes
Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
What does the Bible say about listening to others?
Readers most often cite James 1:19 on the subject of listening to others. Across 62,770 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Proverbs 18:13, Proverbs 12:15, Proverbs 19:27. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.