Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
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He listens well who takes notes
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He listens well who takes notes.
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The Enemy, who wears her mother's usual face and confidential tone, has access; doubtless stares into her writing case and listens on the phone.
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Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western, eats McDonald's food for lunch and local cuisine for dinner, wears Paris perfume in Tokyo and retro clothes in Hong Kong; knowledge is a matter for TV games. It is easy to find a public for eclectic works.
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The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters.
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The Lord listens to the pryers of those who ask to be able to forget hatred, but is deaf to those who want to flee love.
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Knowledge is king, and if you're knowledgeable about a market, the general manager listens to you, and that really is what convinces them to stay with my television shows.
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God listens to knee-mail.
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1 John 5:14:
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
(NIV)
And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us.
(AMP)
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
(KJV)
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The way of a fool seems right to him, but the wise man listens to advice.
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When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely-- the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it.
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When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely -- the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it.
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Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
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A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.
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Revelation 22:18:
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If any one of you adds anything to them, God will add to you the plagues described in this scroll.
(NIV)
I [personally solemnly] warn everyone who listens to the statements of the prophecy [the predictions and the consolations and admonitions pertaining to them] in this book: If anyone shall add anything to them, God will add and lay upon him the plagues (the afflictions and the calamities) that are recorded and described in this book.
(AMP)
For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:
(KJV)
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None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
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How many languages are there in the world? How about 5 billion! Each of us talks, listens, and thinks in his/her own special language that has been shaped by our culture, experiences, profession, personality, mores and attitudes. The chances of us meeting someone else who talks the exact same language is pretty remote.
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John 18:37:
'You are a king, then!' said Pilate. Jesus answered, 'You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.'
(NIV)
Pilate said to Him, Then You are a King? Jesus answered, You say it! [You speak correctly!] For I am a King. [Certainly I am a King!] This is why I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the Truth. Everyone who is of the Truth [who is a friend of the Truth, who belongs to the Truth] hears and listens to My voice.
(AMP)
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
(KJV)
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A man goes to a psychiatrist. 'Nobody listens to me!' The doctor says, 'Next!'
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Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens -- and then everybody disagrees.
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No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why.
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John 5:24:
'Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.'
(NIV)
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the person whose ears are open to My words [who listens to My message] and believes and trusts in and clings to and relies on Him Who sent Me has (possesses now) eternal life. And he does not come into judgment [does not incur sentence of judgment, will not come under condemnation], but he has already passed over out of death into life.
(AMP)
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
(KJV)
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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
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Revelation 3:20:
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with them, and they with me.
(NIV)
Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me.
(AMP)
Behold, 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.
(KJV)
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One who cares is one who listens.
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Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter because nobody listens.
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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
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Matthew 18:15:
'If a brother or sister sins, go and point out the fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.'
(NIV)
If your brother wrongs you, go and show him his fault, between you and him privately. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.
(AMP)
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
(KJV)
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The Congress is a strange place where people get up and speak, nobody listens, and then everyone disagrees at the top of their lungs.
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