Obedience
The blessing of following God's commands
Genesis 3:8
They heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
Read commentary →Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."
Read commentary →Genesis 3:17
To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Read commentary →Genesis 4:16
Cain went out from the Lord's presence, and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Read commentary →Genesis 4:23
Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.
Read commentary →Genesis 6:17
I, even I, do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
Read commentary →Genesis 7:4
In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. Every living thing that I have made, I will destroy from the surface of the ground."
Read commentary →Genesis 7:10
It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the earth.
Read commentary →Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.
Read commentary →Genesis 8:1
God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship; and God made a wind to pass over the earth. The waters subsided.
Read commentary →Genesis 8:5
The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.
Read commentary →Genesis 8:8
He sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,
Read commentary →Genesis 8:10
He stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ship.
Read commentary →Genesis 8:13
It happened in the six hundred first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from the earth. Noah removed the covering of the ship, and looked. He saw that the surface of the ground was dried.
Read commentary →Genesis 8:14
In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry.
Read commentary →Genesis 8:21
The Lord smelled the pleasant aroma. The Lord said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.
Read commentary →Genesis 9:11
I will establish my covenant with you: all flesh will not be cut off any more by the waters of the flood, neither will there ever again be a flood to destroy the earth."
Read commentary →Genesis 9:16
The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
Read commentary →Exodus 2:15
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and lived in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well.
Read commentary →Exodus 2:24
God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
Read commentary →Exodus 3:7
The Lord said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
Read commentary →Exodus 3:9
Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
Read commentary →Exodus 3:15
God said moreover to Moses, "You shall tell the children of Israel this, 'The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
Read commentary →Exodus 3:18
They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord, our God.'
Read commentary →Exodus 4:1
Moses answered, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'The Lord has not appeared to you.'"
Read commentary →Exodus 4:8
"It will happen, if they will neither believe you nor listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
Read commentary →Exodus 4:9
It will happen, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land."
Read commentary →Exodus 4:10
Moses said to the Lord, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."
Read commentary →Exodus 4:19
The Lord said to Moses in Midian, "Go, return into Egypt; for all the men who sought your life are dead."
Read commentary →Exodus 4:24
It happened on the way at a lodging place, that the Lord met him and wanted to kill him.
Read commentary →Exodus 4:31
The people believed, and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshiped.
Read commentary →Exodus 5:2
Pharaoh said, "Who is the Lord, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and moreover I will not let Israel go."
Read commentary →Exodus 5:3
They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the Lord, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."
Read commentary →Exodus 6:5
Moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage, and I have remembered my covenant.
Read commentary →Exodus 6:9
Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
Read commentary →Exodus 6:12
Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, "Behold, the children of Israel haven't listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, who am of uncircumcised lips?"
Read commentary →Exodus 6:30
Moses said before the Lord, "Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?"
Read commentary →Exodus 7:4
But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
Read commentary →Exodus 7:13
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as the Lord had spoken.
Read commentary →Exodus 7:16
You shall tell him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, "Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness:" and behold, until now you haven't listened.
Read commentary →Exodus 7:17
Thus says the Lord, "In this you shall know that I am the Lord. Behold, I will strike with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
Read commentary →Exodus 7:22
The magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as the Lord had spoken.
Read commentary →Exodus 8:1
The Lord spoke to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, "This is what the Lord says, 'Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Read commentary →Exodus 8:8
Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, "Entreat the Lord, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the Lord."
Read commentary →Exodus 8:11
The frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people. They shall remain in the river only."
Read commentary →Exodus 8:15
But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and did not listen to them, as the Lord had spoken.
Read commentary →Exodus 8:19
Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God:" and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them; as the Lord had spoken.
Read commentary →Exodus 8:22
I will set apart in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth.
Read commentary →Exodus 8:26
Moses said, "It isn't appropriate to do so; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God. Behold, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and won't they stone us?
Read commentary →Exodus 8:32
Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go.
Read commentary →Exodus 9:1
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Read commentary →Exodus 9:4
The Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt; and there shall nothing die of all that belongs to the children of Israel."'"
Read commentary →Exodus 9:7
Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the livestock of Israel dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not let the people go.
Read commentary →Exodus 9:12
The Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he did not listen to them, as the Lord had spoken to Moses.
Read commentary →Exodus 9:13
The Lord said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: "Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Read commentary →Exodus 9:26
Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, there was no hail.
Read commentary →Exodus 9:27
Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "I have sinned this time. The Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
Read commentary →Exodus 9:28
Pray to the Lord; for there has been enough of mighty thunderings and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer."
Read commentary →Exodus 9:34
When Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
Read commentary →Leviticus 5:1
"'If anyone sins, in that he hears the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn't report it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
Read commentary →Numbers 7:89
When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spoke to him.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 1:16
I commanded your judges at that time, saying, "Hear cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 1:17
You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it."
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 1:34
The Lord heard the voice of your words, and was angry, and swore, saying,
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 1:43
So I spoke to you, and you did not listen; but you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill country.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 1:45
You returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord did not listen to your voice, nor gave ear to you.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 2:25
This day will I begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole sky, who shall hear the report of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of you."
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 3:26
But the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and did not listen to me; and the Lord said to me, "Let it suffice you; speak no more to me of this matter.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 4:1
Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, gives you.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 4:6
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all these statutes, and say, "Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people."
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 4:12
The Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; you only heard a voice.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 4:28
There you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 4:30
When you are in oppression, and all these things have come on you, in the latter days you shall return to the Lord your God, and listen to his voice:
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 4:32
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been anything as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 4:36
Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and on earth he made you to see his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 4:40
You shall keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord your God gives you, forever.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 5:1
Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that you may learn them, and observe to do them.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 5:23
It happened, when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 5:25
Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 5:26
For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 5:28
The Lord heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and the Lord said to me, "I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you: they have well said all that they have spoken.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 6:1
Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 6:3
Hear therefore, Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised to you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 6:17
You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 7:11
You shall therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command you this day, to do them.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 7:12
It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers:
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 8:1
You shall observe to do all the commandment which I command you this day, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to your fathers.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 8:6
You shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 8:20
As the nations that the Lord makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you wouldn't listen to the voice of the Lord your God.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 9:1
Hear, Israel: you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to the sky,
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 9:19
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which the Lord was angry against you to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me that time also.
Read commentary →Deuteronomy 9:23
When the Lord sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, "Go up and possess the land which I have given you"; then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and you did not believe him, nor listen to his voice.
Read commentary →Joshua 1:17
Just as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen to you. Only may the Lord your God be with you, as he was with Moses.
Read commentary →Joshua 1:18
Whoever rebels against your commandment, and doesn't listen to your words in all that you command him, he shall be put to death. Only be strong and of good courage."
Read commentary →Joshua 2:10
For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you utterly destroyed.
Read commentary →Joshua 2:11
As soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.
Read commentary →Joshua 3:9
Joshua said to the children of Israel, "Come here, and hear the words of the Lord your God."
Read commentary →Joshua 5:1
It happened, when all the kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, who were by the sea, heard how that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we had passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
Read commentary →Joshua 5:6
For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, even the men of war who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not listen to the voice of the Lord. The Lord swore to them that he wouldn't let them see the land which the Lord swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Read commentary →Joshua 6:5
It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him."
Read commentary →Joshua 6:10
Joshua commanded the people, saying, "You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout."
Read commentary →Joshua 6:20
So the people shouted, and the priests blew the trumpets. It happened, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Read commentary →Joshua 9:1
It happened, when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard of it
Read commentary →Joshua 9:3
But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
Read commentary →Joshua 9:16
It happened at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they lived among them.
Read commentary →Judges 2:2
and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars.' But you have not listened to my voice: why have you done this?
Read commentary →Judges 2:17
Yet they did not listen to their judges; for they played the prostitute after other gods, and bowed themselves down to them: they turned aside quickly out of the way in which their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not do so.
Read commentary →Judges 2:20
The anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel; and he said, "Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not listened to my voice;
Read commentary →Judges 3:4
They were left, to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the commandments of the Lord, which he commanded their fathers by Moses.
Read commentary →Judges 5:3
"Hear, you kings! Give ear, you princes! I, even I, will sing to the Lord. I will sing praise to the Lord, the God of Israel.
Read commentary →Judges 5:16
Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, to hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.
Read commentary →Judges 7:15
It was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and its interpretation, that he worshiped, and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, "Get up, for the Lord has delivered into your hand the army of Midian."
Read commentary →Judges 9:7
When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, "Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.
Read commentary →Judges 9:30
When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
Read commentary →Judges 9:46
When all the men of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered into the stronghold of the house of El Berith.
Read commentary →Ruth 1:6
Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.
Read commentary →Ruth 2:8
Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Listen, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field, and do not go from here, but stay here close to my maidens.
Read commentary →1 Kings 1:11
Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, "Haven't you heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith reigns, and David our lord doesn't know it?
Read commentary →1 Kings 3:9
Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this your great people?"
Read commentary →1 Kings 3:11
God said to him, "Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, neither have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice;
Read commentary →1 Kings 8:19
Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.'
Read commentary →1 Kings 9:3
The Lord said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me. I have made this house holy, which you have built, to put my name there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
Read commentary →2 Kings 3:21
Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.
Read commentary →2 Kings 5:8
It was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, "Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel."
Read commentary →2 Kings 7:1
Elisha said, "Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord, 'Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.'"
Read commentary →1 Kings 1:41
Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, "Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?"
Read commentary →1 Kings 1:45
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon. They have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you have heard.
Read commentary →1 Kings 2:42
The king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, "Did I not adjure you by the Lord, and warn you, saying, 'Know for certain, that on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where, you shall surely die?' You said to me, 'The saying that I have heard is good.'
Read commentary →1 Kings 3:28
All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.
Read commentary →1 Kings 5:14
He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor.
Read commentary →1 Kings 5:15
Solomon had seventy thousand who bore burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains;
Read commentary →1 Kings 6:7
The house, when it was in building, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Read commentary →1 Kings 8:29
that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, 'My name shall be there;' to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.
Read commentary →1 Kings 8:30
Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.
Read commentary →1 Kings 8:39
then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)
Read commentary →1 Kings 8:43
hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
Read commentary →1 Kings 8:49
then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;
Read commentary →1 Kings 8:52
that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they cry to you.
Read commentary →2 Kings 6:30
It happened, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he tore his clothes (now he was passing by on the wall); and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth underneath on his flesh.
Read commentary →2 Kings 7:6
For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army: and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us.
Read commentary →2 Kings 9:30
When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and attired her head, and looked out at the window.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 6:21
Listen to the petitions of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 6:23
then hear from heaven, and do, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 6:25
then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 7:12
The Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, "I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 7:14
if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 7:19
But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 9:1
When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she had come to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was in her heart.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 9:5
She said to the king, "It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 9:7
Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom.
Read commentary →2 Chronicles 9:23
All the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
Read commentary →Ezra 4:1
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to the Lord, the God of Israel;
Read commentary →Ezra 9:3
When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.
Read commentary →Nehemiah 1:4
It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
Read commentary →Nehemiah 2:10
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, because a man had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Read commentary →Nehemiah 2:19
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they ridiculed us, and despised us, and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?"
Read commentary →Nehemiah 4:1
But it happened that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
Read commentary →Nehemiah 4:9
But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Read commentary →Nehemiah 4:14
I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, "Do not be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses."
Read commentary →Nehemiah 6:1
Now it happened, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and to the rest of our enemies, that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though even to that time I had not set up the doors in the gates;)
Read commentary →Nehemiah 6:7
You have also appointed prophets to preach of you at Jerusalem, saying, 'There is a king in Judah!' Now it will be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together."
Read commentary →Nehemiah 6:16
It happened, when all our enemies heard of it, that all the nations that were about us were afraid, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was worked of our God.
Read commentary →Nehemiah 8:2
Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, both men and women, and all who could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.
Read commentary →Nehemiah 8:9
Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, "This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn, nor weep." For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
Read commentary →Nehemiah 9:16
"But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, did not listen to your commandments,
Read commentary →Nehemiah 9:26
"Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their back, and killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.
Read commentary →Nehemiah 9:27
Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.
Read commentary →Nehemiah 9:28
But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,
Read commentary →Esther 1:18
Today, the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's deed will tell all the king's princes. This will cause much contempt and wrath.
Read commentary →Esther 1:20
When the king's decree which he shall make is published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give their husbands honor, both great and small."
Read commentary →Esther 2:8
So it happened, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel of Susa, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
Read commentary →Job 2:11
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
Read commentary →Job 3:18
There the prisoners are at ease together. They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.
Read commentary →Job 5:27
Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good."
Read commentary →Psalms 4:4
When agitated, do not sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.
Read commentary →Psalms 5:4
For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you.
Read commentary →Psalms 6:10
May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.
Read commentary →Proverbs 1:5
that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:
Read commentary →Proverbs 1:8
My son, listen to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching:
Read commentary →Proverbs 1:24
Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;
Read commentary →Proverbs 1:28
Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;
Read commentary →Proverbs 1:31
Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
Read commentary →Proverbs 1:33
But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm."
Read commentary →Proverbs 2:1
My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you;
Read commentary →Proverbs 2:9
Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
Read commentary →Proverbs 3:1
My son, do not forget my teaching; but let your heart keep my commandments:
Read commentary →Proverbs 3:3
Do not let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Read commentary →Proverbs 3:5
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
Read commentary →Proverbs 3:6
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
Read commentary →Proverbs 3:20
By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
Read commentary →Proverbs 3:33
The Lord's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:1
Listen, sons, to a father's instruction. Pay attention and know understanding;
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:7
Wisdom is supreme. Get wisdom. Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:10
Listen, my son, and receive my sayings. The years of your life will be many.
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:21
Let them not depart from your eyes. Keep them in the midst of your heart.
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:23
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it is the wellspring of life.
Read commentary →Proverbs 4:25
Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
Read commentary →Proverbs 5:7
Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Do not depart from the words of my mouth.
Read commentary →Proverbs 6:20
My son, keep your father's commandment, and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
Read commentary →Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commandments and live! Guard my teaching as the apple of your eye.
Read commentary →Proverbs 7:24
Now therefore, sons, listen to me. Pay attention to the words of my mouth.
Read commentary →Proverbs 8:6
Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
Read commentary →Proverbs 8:14
Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.
Read commentary →Proverbs 8:20
I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;
Read commentary →Proverbs 8:32
"Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
Read commentary →Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
Read commentary →Proverbs 8:35
For whoever finds me, finds life, and will obtain favor from the Lord.
Read commentary →Proverbs 8:36
But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death."
Read commentary →Proverbs 9:9
Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 1:8
All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 7:5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 7:21
Also do not take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 9:16
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Read commentary →Ecclesiastes 9:17
The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.
Read commentary →Song of Solomon 2:14
My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
Read commentary →Song of Solomon 8:13
You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice! Beloved
Read commentary →Isaiah 1:2
Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for the Lord has spoken: I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Read commentary →Isaiah 1:9
Unless the Lord of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we would have been as Sodom; we would have been like Gomorrah.
Read commentary →Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
Read commentary →Isaiah 1:15
When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
Read commentary →Isaiah 2:3
Many peoples shall go and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths." For out of Zion the law shall go forth, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Read commentary →Isaiah 3:5
The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, and the base against the honorable.
Read commentary →Isaiah 3:14
The Lord will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and their leaders: "It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The spoil of the poor is in your houses.
Read commentary →Isaiah 3:15
What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?" says the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
Read commentary →Isaiah 5:2
He dug it up, gathered out its stones, planted it with the choicest vine, built a tower in its midst, and also cut out a winepress therein. He looked for it to yield grapes, but it yielded wild grapes.
Read commentary →Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; for righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress.
Read commentary →Isaiah 5:17
Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, and strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.
Read commentary →Isaiah 6:4
The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
Read commentary →Isaiah 6:5
Then I said, "Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!"
Read commentary →Isaiah 6:8
I heard the Lord's voice, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here I am. Send me!"
Read commentary →Isaiah 6:9
He said, "Go, and tell this people, 'You hear indeed, but do not understand; and you see indeed, but do not perceive.'
Read commentary →Isaiah 6:10
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed."
Read commentary →Isaiah 7:13
He said, "Listen now, house of David: Is it not enough for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God also?
Read commentary →Isaiah 7:21
It shall happen in that day that a man shall keep alive a young cow, and two sheep;
Read commentary →Isaiah 7:25
All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep."
Read commentary →Isaiah 8:3
I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said the Lord to me, "Call his name 'Maher Shalal Hash Baz.'
Read commentary →Isaiah 9:15
The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 2:4
Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel!
Read commentary →Jeremiah 3:13
Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the Lord your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice,'" says the Lord.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 3:21
A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten the Lord their God.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 3:25
Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God."
Read commentary →Jeremiah 4:5
Declare in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, 'Blow the trumpet in the land!' Cry aloud and say, 'Assemble yourselves! Let us go into the fortified cities!'
Read commentary →Jeremiah 4:16
"Tell the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, 'Watchers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 4:19
My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 4:21
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Read commentary →Jeremiah 4:31
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, saying, "Woe is me now! For my soul faints before the murderers."
Read commentary →Jeremiah 5:15
Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far, house of Israel," says the Lord. "It is a mighty nation. It is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, neither understand what they say.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 5:20
"Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
Read commentary →Jeremiah 6:7
As a well casts forth its waters, so she casts forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 6:10
To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can't listen. Behold, the word of the Lord has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 6:18
"Therefore hear, you nations, and know, congregation, what is among them.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 6:19
Hear, earth! 'Behold, I will bring disaster on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 6:24
"We have heard its report; our hands become feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, and pains as of a woman in labor.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 7:13
Now, because you have done all these works, says the Lord, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear; and I called you, but you did not answer:
Read commentary →Jeremiah 7:16
Therefore do not pray for this people, neither lift up a cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me; for I will not hear you.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 7:24
But they did not listen nor turn their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 7:27
"You shall speak all these words to them; but they will not listen to you: you shall also call to them; but they will not answer you.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 7:28
You shall tell them, 'This is the nation that has not listened to the voice of the Lord their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 8:6
I listened and heard, but they did not speak what is right: no man repents him of his wickedness, saying, "What have I done?" Everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
Read commentary →Jeremiah 9:9
Shall I not visit them for these things?" says the Lord; "shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?"
Read commentary →Jeremiah 9:12
"Who is the wise man, that may understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?"
Read commentary →Jeremiah 9:19
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, 'How are we ruined! We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.'"
Read commentary →Lamentations 1:18
The Lord is righteous, for I have rebelled against his commandment. Please listen all you people, and see my suffering. My virgins and my young men have gone into captivity.
Read commentary →Lamentations 1:21
They have heard that I groan; there is none to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. Bring the day that you have proclaimed, so that they shall end up like me.
Read commentary →Lamentations 3:56
You heard my voice; do not hide your ear at my sighs, to my cry.
Read commentary →Lamentations 3:61
You have heard their insults, Lord, and all their plots against me.
Read commentary →Ezekiel 1:24
When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army: when they stood, they let down their wings.
Read commentary →Ezekiel 1:28
As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.
Read commentary →Ezekiel 2:2
The Spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on my feet; and I heard him who spoke to me.
Read commentary →Ezekiel 2:5
They, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house), yet shall know that there has been a prophet among them.
Read commentary →Ezekiel 2:7
You shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.
Read commentary →Ezekiel 2:8
But you, son of man, hear what I tell you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat that which I give you."
Read commentary →Ezekiel 3:7
But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.
Read commentary →Ezekiel 3:10
Moreover he said to me, "Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears.
Read commentary →Ezekiel 3:11
Go to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, 'Thus says the Lord God'; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
Read commentary →Ezekiel 3:12
Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, "Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place."
Read commentary →Ezekiel 3:27
But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall tell them, 'Thus says the Lord God': He who hears, let him hear; and he who forbears, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
Read commentary →Ezekiel 6:3
and say, 'You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys: "Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword on you, and I will destroy your high places.
Read commentary →Ezekiel 8:18
Therefore will I also deal in wrath; my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them."
Read commentary →Daniel 8:13
Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, "How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled?"
Read commentary →Daniel 8:16
I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, and called out and said, "Gabriel, make this man understand the vision."
Read commentary →Daniel 9:6
Neither have we listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
Read commentary →Daniel 9:11
Yes, all Israel has transgressed your law, and turned away, refusing to obey your voice. Therefore has the curse been poured out on us, and the oath that is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you.
Read commentary →Daniel 9:14
Therefore has the Lord watched over the calamity, and brought it on us, for the Lord our God is just in all he has done, and we have not obeyed his voice.
Read commentary →Daniel 9:17
Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
Read commentary →Daniel 9:18
My God, turn your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see our desolation, and the city which is called by your name. For we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercy.
Read commentary →Daniel 9:19
Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, listen and take action! Do not delay, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name."
Read commentary →Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel; for the Lord has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Read commentary →Hosea 5:1
"Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
Read commentary →Hosea 9:17
My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; and they will be wanderers among the nations.
Read commentary →Joel 1:2
Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?
Read commentary →Amos 3:1
Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
Read commentary →Amos 3:13
"Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob," says the Lord God, the God of Hosts.
Read commentary →Amos 4:1
Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, "Bring us drinks!"
Read commentary →Amos 5:1
Listen to this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house of Israel.
Read commentary →Amos 5:23
Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
Read commentary →Amos 7:16
Now therefore listen to the word of the Lord: 'You say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not proclaim against the house of Isaac.'
Read commentary →Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Read commentary →Amos 8:11
Behold, the days come," says the Lord God, "that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.
Read commentary →Obadiah 1:1
The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord God says about Edom. We have heard news from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, "Arise, and let's rise up against her in battle.
Read commentary →Jonah 2:3
For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
Read commentary →Micah 1:2
Hear, you peoples, all of you. Listen, O earth, and all that is therein: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Read commentary →Micah 3:1
I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice?
Read commentary →Micah 3:9
Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
Read commentary →Micah 5:14
I will uproot your Asherim out of your midst; and I will destroy your cities.
Read commentary →Micah 6:1
Listen now to what the Lord says: "Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.
Read commentary →Micah 6:2
Hear, you mountains, the Lord's controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for the Lord has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
Read commentary →Micah 7:7
But as for me, I will look to the Lord. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Read commentary →Nahum 2:1
He who dashes in pieces has come up against you. Keep the fortress! Watch the way! Strengthen your waist! Fortify your power mightily!
Read commentary →Nahum 3:19
There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. All who hear the report of you clap their hands over you; for who hasn't felt your endless cruelty?
Read commentary →Habakkuk 1:2
Lord, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence!" and will you not save?
Read commentary →Habakkuk 3:2
Lord, I have heard of your fame. I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord. Renew your work in the midst of the years. In the midst of the years make it known. In wrath, you remember mercy.
Read commentary →Habakkuk 3:16
I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.
Read commentary →Zephaniah 2:8
I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
Read commentary →Zephaniah 3:2
She did not obey the voice. She did not receive correction. She did not trust in the Lord. She did not draw near to her God.
Read commentary →Haggai 1:12
Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord, their God, and the words of Haggai, the prophet, as the Lord, their God, had sent him; and the people feared the Lord.
Read commentary →Zechariah 1:4
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts, 'Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;' but they did not hear, nor listen to me, says the Lord.
Read commentary →Zechariah 3:8
Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant, the Branch.
Read commentary →Zechariah 6:15
Those who are far off shall come and build in the temple of the Lord; and you shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. This will happen, if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God."'"
Read commentary →Zechariah 7:11
But they refused to listen, and turned their backs, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.
Read commentary →Zechariah 7:12
Yes, they made their hearts as hard as flint, lest they might hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets. Therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.
Read commentary →Zechariah 7:13
It has come to pass that, as he called, and they refused to listen, so they will call, and I will not listen," said the Lord of hosts;
Read commentary →Zechariah 8:9
Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Let your hands be strong, you who hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets who were in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.
Read commentary →Zechariah 8:23
Thus says the Lord of hosts: "In those days, ten men will take hold, out of all the languages of the nations, they will take hold of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, 'We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"
Read commentary →Malachi 2:2
If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name," says the Lord of hosts, "then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.
Read commentary →Malachi 3:16
Then those who feared the Lord spoke one with another; and the Lord listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared the Lord, and who honored his name.
Read commentary →Matthew 2:8
And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child, and when you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."
Read commentary →Matthew 3:10
"And even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.
Read commentary →Matthew 4:1
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
Read commentary →Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.
Read commentary →Matthew 5:19
Whoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments, and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Read commentary →Matthew 5:22
But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of hell.
Read commentary →Matthew 5:23
"If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
Read commentary →Matthew 6:5
"And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward.
Read commentary →Matthew 6:7
And in praying, do not use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
Read commentary →Matthew 6:14
"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Read commentary →Matthew 6:16
"Moreover when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward.
Read commentary →Matthew 6:22
"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
Read commentary →Matthew 6:23
But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Read commentary →Matthew 7:2
For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
Read commentary →Matthew 7:13
"Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.
Read commentary →Matthew 7:15
"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
Read commentary →Matthew 7:19
Every tree that does not grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.
Read commentary →Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Read commentary →Matthew 7:26
And everyone who hears these words of mine, and does not do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.
Read commentary →Matthew 8:9
For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,' and he comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
Read commentary →Matthew 8:18
Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave the order to depart to the other side.
Read commentary →Matthew 8:34
And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged that he would depart from their borders.
Read commentary →Matthew 9:1
And he entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city.
Read commentary →Matthew 9:10
And it happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
Read commentary →Matthew 9:14
Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?"
Read commentary →Mark 1:35
Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.
Read commentary →Mark 2:18
John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"
Read commentary →Mark 3:5
When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
Read commentary →Mark 3:10
For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
Read commentary →Mark 3:14
And he appointed twelve, designating them apostles, and that he might send them out to preach,
Read commentary →Mark 4:2
Then he taught them many things in parables, and told them in his teaching,
Read commentary →Mark 4:7
Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
Read commentary →Mark 4:11
And he said to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the Kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables,
Read commentary →Mark 4:24
And he said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you.
Read commentary →Mark 5:15
They came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by demons sitting, clothed, and in his right mind, even him who had the legion; and they were afraid.
Read commentary →Mark 5:22
One of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet,
Read commentary →Mark 5:24
And he went with him, and a great multitude followed him, and they pressed upon him on all sides.
Read commentary →Mark 5:33
But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
Read commentary →Mark 5:35
While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler's house saying, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?"
Read commentary →Mark 6:45
And immediately he made his disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away.
Read commentary →Mark 6:52
for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
Read commentary →Mark 7:7
But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'
Read commentary →Mark 7:14
He called all the multitude to himself, and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand.
Read commentary →Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,
Read commentary →Mark 8:12
He sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, "Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation."
Read commentary →Mark 8:17
He, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Do you not perceive yet, neither understand? Are your hearts hardened?
Read commentary →Mark 8:34
He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Read commentary →Luke 1:19
The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.
Read commentary →Luke 1:51
He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
Read commentary →Luke 1:64
His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.
Read commentary →Luke 2:9
Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
Read commentary →Luke 2:13
Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying,
Read commentary →Luke 2:38
Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to God, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.
Read commentary →Luke 2:44
but supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and they looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances.
Read commentary →Luke 2:46
It happened after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them, and asking them questions.
Read commentary →Luke 2:51
And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth. He was subject to them, and his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
Read commentary →Luke 3:5
Every valley will be filled. Every mountain and hill will be brought low. The crooked will become straight, and the rough ways smooth.
Read commentary →Luke 5:8
But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord."
Read commentary →Luke 5:33
They said to him, "The disciples of John often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink."
Read commentary →Luke 6:2
But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?"
Read commentary →Luke 6:9
Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to destroy it?"
Read commentary →Luke 7:2
A certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
Read commentary →Luke 7:6
Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.
Read commentary →Luke 7:8
For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go!' and he goes; and to another, 'Come!' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
Read commentary →Luke 7:42
When they could not pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?"
Read commentary →Luke 8:10
He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
Read commentary →Luke 8:35
Then people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
Read commentary →Luke 8:37
All the people of the surrounding country of the Geresenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. He entered into the boat, and returned.
Read commentary →Luke 8:47
When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared to him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.
Read commentary →Luke 9:50
Jesus said to him, "Do not forbid him, for he who is not against you is for you."
Read commentary →John 1:17
For the Law was given through Moses, grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
Read commentary →John 1:18
No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
Read commentary →John 2:8
He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the ruler of the feast." So they took it.
Read commentary →John 2:11
This beginning of his signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
Read commentary →John 2:22
When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
Read commentary →John 4:22
You worship that which you do not know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
Read commentary →John 4:23
But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers.
Read commentary →John 5:25
Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.
Read commentary →John 5:37
The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
Read commentary →John 6:15
Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
Read commentary →John 6:27
Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."
Read commentary →John 6:30
They said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do?
Read commentary →John 6:45
It is written in the Prophets, 'They will all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.
Read commentary →John 6:54
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
Read commentary →John 7:19
Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you keeps the Law? Why do you seek to kill me?"
Read commentary →John 7:28
Jesus therefore called out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you do not know.
Read commentary →John 7:30
They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
Read commentary →John 8:14
Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you do not know where I came from, or where I am going.
Read commentary →John 8:19
They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."
Read commentary →John 9:7
and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.
Read commentary →John 9:29
We know that God has spoken to Moses. But as for this man, we do not know where he comes from."
Read commentary →John 9:31
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshipper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
Read commentary →John 9:39
Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who do not see may see; and that those who see may become blind."
Read commentary →Acts 1:24
They prayed, and said, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen
Read commentary →Romans 5:19
For as through the one man's disobedience many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the one, many will be made righteous.
Read commentary →Romans 6:16
Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?
Read commentary →Galatians 5:7
You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?
Read commentary →Ephesians 6:5
Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;
Read commentary →Philippians 2:12
So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Read commentary →Colossians 2:22
(all of which perish with use), according to the precepts and doctrines of men?
Read commentary →Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
Read commentary →Colossians 3:22
Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord.
Read commentary →1 Thessalonians 4:2
For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
Read commentary →2 Thessalonians 3:14
If any man does not obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
Read commentary →Titus 2:9
Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;
Read commentary →Titus 3:3
For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
Read commentary →Philemon 1:21
Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even beyond what I say.
Read commentary →James 2:20
But do you want to know, foolish man, that faith apart from works is dead?
Read commentary →James 3:3
Now if we put bits into the horses' mouths so that they may obey us, we guide their whole body.
Read commentary →1 Peter 1:22
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from a pure heart fervently:
Read commentary →1 John 2:4
One who says, "I know him," and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Read commentary →1 John 3:24
He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
Read commentary →1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. His commandments are not grievous.
Read commentary →2 John 1:6
This is love, that we should walk according to his commandments. This is the commandment, even as you heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it.
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