Quotes about Hearing

When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his clothes

And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the Levites—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.

At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,

They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.

But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.

lest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away.

Whoever turns his ear away from hearing the law, even his prayer is detestable.

And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’

When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,

Now the priests and prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD,

When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.

But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”