The ability to listen is highly valued in Scripture as a key component of wisdom and spiritual growth. In Proverbs, Solomon emphasizes the importance of listening to advice and guidance, noting that a wise person will gain more wisdom by listening to others (Proverbs 1:5). The book of Proverbs also encourages listeners to heed parental instruction (Proverbs 1:8-9) and to be receptive to rebuke (Proverbs 25:12). Additionally, the New Testament, particularly James 1:19, teaches believers to be quick to listen, while Proverbs 22:17 offers practical wisdom on the benefits of attentive listening.
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let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel
Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. For they are a garland of grace on your head and a pendant around your neck.
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—
When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods. Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant— My loving devotion promised to David.
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
“Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning. For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.