Listening (2/2)

I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from… Psalm 34:4

I sought the Lord, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:4 fear seeking
My son, keep your father's commandment,
and forsake not your mother's teaching.
Proverbs 6:20 obedience family

But as for me, I will look to the Lord;
I will wait for the God of my salvation;
my God will hear me.
Micah 7:7 hope salvation
I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;
I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, “Here I am, here I am,”
to a nation that was not called by my name.
Isaiah 65:1 seeking calling
But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
James 1:25 law blessing obedience
If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.
Exodus 15:26 sickness healing righteousness
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and his ears are open to their prayer.
But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.
1 Peter 3:12 righteousness prayer evil
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalm 34:6 prayer salvation poverty
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleas for mercy!
Psalm 130:1-2 dependence mercy grace
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but he who hates reproof is stupid.
Proverbs 12:1 understanding learning
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’ But they did not hear or pay attention to me, declares the Lord.
Zechariah 1:4 conversion evil
Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.
1 John 2:24 evangelism Jesus Father
I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
Genesis 26:4-5 blessing obedience law
If one turns away his ear from hearing the law,
even his prayer is an abomination.
Proverbs 28:9 prayer obedience law
I will strengthen the house of Judah,
and I will save the house of Joseph.
I will bring them back because I have compassion on them,
and they shall be as though I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
Zechariah 10:6 strength prayer compassion
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
Matthew 18:17 church sin