Deuteronomy 32:46-47

46he said to them, aTake to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, bthat you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law. 47For it is no empty word for you, cbut your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.”

Proverbs 2:2-5

2making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
3yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice dfor understanding,
4if you seek it like esilver
and search for it as for fhidden treasures,
5then gyou will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.

Mark 4:23-24

23 hIf anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” 24And he said to them, “Pay attention to what you hear: iwith the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.

Mark 13:14

The Abomination of Desolation

14But when you see jthe abomination of desolation standing where he ought not to be ( klet the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.

Luke 9:44

44“Let these words sink into your ears: lThe Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.”

Acts 10:33

33So I sent for you at once, and you have been kind enough to come. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.”

Acts 17:11

11Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, mexamining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
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