93 Bible Verses about Listening to Others (KJV)

Here are 93 Bible verses about listening to others, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

James 1:19 KJV

¹⁹Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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Proverbs 18:13 KJV

¹³He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

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Proverbs 12:15 KJV

¹⁵The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

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Proverbs 19:27 KJV

²⁷Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

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Proverbs 18:2 KJV

²A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

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Romans 10:17 KJV

¹⁷So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

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Jeremiah 29:12 KJV

¹²Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

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Proverbs 10:17 KJV

¹⁷He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

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Psalm 116:1-2 KJV

¹I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. ²Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

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Matthew 7:24 KJV

²⁴Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

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Psalm 18:6 KJV

⁶In 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.

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Proverbs 11:14 KJV

¹⁴Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

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Jeremiah 33:3 KJV

³Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

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Psalm 34:15 KJV

¹⁵The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

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Matthew 18:15 KJV

¹⁵Moreover 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.

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James 1:22 KJV

²²But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

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Proverbs 2:2 KJV

²So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

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1 Peter 3:12 KJV

¹²For 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.

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Luke 11:28 KJV

²⁸But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

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Proverbs 5:1-23 KJV

¹My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: ²That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. ³For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: ⁴But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. ⁵Her feet go down to death; …

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Philippians 4:9 KJV

⁹Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

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1 John 5:14 KJV

¹⁴And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

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1 John 5:15 KJV

¹⁵And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.

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Acts 16:25 KJV

²⁵And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

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Deuteronomy 13:4 KJV

⁴Ye 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.

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Psalm 5:3 KJV

³My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

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Matthew 4:4 KJV

⁴But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

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Proverbs 4:20-21 KJV

²⁰My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. ²¹Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

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Zechariah 10:6 KJV

⁶And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.

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Proverbs 12:1 KJV

¹Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

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Psalm 130:1-2 KJV

¹Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. ²Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

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James 1:25 KJV

²⁵But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

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Galatians 3:5 KJV

⁵He 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?

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Genesis 26:4-5 KJV

⁴And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; ⁵Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

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Psalm 34:4 KJV

⁴I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

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Proverbs 17:28 KJV

²⁸Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

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Revelation 3:20 KJV

²⁰Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

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Malachi 2:2 KJV

²If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

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Proverbs 21:23 KJV

²³Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

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Proverbs 16:20 KJV

²⁰He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the Lord, happy is he.

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Proverbs 6:20 KJV

²⁰My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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Luke 12:3 KJV

³Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

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Proverbs 19:20 KJV

²⁰Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

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Proverbs 10:19 KJV

¹⁹In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

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James 1:26 KJV

²⁶If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

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Titus 3:2 KJV

²To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.

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John 10:27 KJV

²⁷My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

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James 1:2 KJV

²My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

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Philippians 4:8 KJV

⁸Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

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John 5:2 KJV

²Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

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Matthew 7:2 KJV

²For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

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1 Samuel 3:10 KJV

¹⁰And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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Proverbs 10:8 KJV

⁸The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

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Proverbs 17:27 KJV

²⁷He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

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Malachi 2:1-17 KJV

¹And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. ²If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. ³Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn …

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John 2:24 KJV

²⁴But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,

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Luke 10:16 KJV

¹⁶He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

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Micah 7:1-20 KJV

¹Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. ²The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. ³That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, …

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Matthew 11:15 KJV

¹⁵He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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Matthew 7:12 KJV

¹²Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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Proverbs 1:5 KJV

⁵A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

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Revelation 2:7 KJV

⁷He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

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Matthew 17:5 KJV

⁵While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Proverbs 12:18 KJV

¹⁸There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

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Jeremiah 26:3-6 KJV

³If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. ⁴And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, ⁵To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, …

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Psalm 23:1-6 KJV

¹The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. ²He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. ³He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. ⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. …

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Proverbs 18:15 KJV

¹⁵The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

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Mark 4:9 KJV

⁹And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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Isaiah 65:1 KJV

¹I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.

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Luke 1:37 KJV

³⁷For with God nothing shall be impossible.

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Philippians 4:2 KJV

²I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord.

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Revelation 11:1-19 KJV

¹And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. ²But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. ³And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall …

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Mark 4:24 KJV

²⁴And 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.

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Proverbs 5:1 KJV

¹My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

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Romans 12:2 KJV

²And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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John 8:32 KJV

³²And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

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Philippians 2:4 KJV

⁴Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

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John 8:47 KJV

⁴⁷He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

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Mark 4:2 KJV

²And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,

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Psalm 34:6 KJV

⁶This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

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1 Thessalonians 2:13 KJV

¹³For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

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Proverbs 25:12 KJV

¹²As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

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Galatians 4:6-9 KJV

⁶And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. ⁷Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. ⁸Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. ⁹But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, …

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Mark 9:7 KJV

⁷And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

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Philippians 2:3 KJV

³Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

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Luke 8:21 KJV

²¹And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.

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Matthew 18:2 KJV

²And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,

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Proverbs 20:5 KJV

⁵Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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Proverbs 1:33 KJV

³³But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

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Mark 4:1-20 KJV

¹And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. ²And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, ³Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: ⁴And it came to pass, as he sowed, …

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