1. By listening to those with wisdom, we can become wiser.

“Hear instruction and be wise, and do not disdain it” (Proverbs 8:33; this includes listening to our parents, not tuning them out—Proverbs 23:22).

2. Some things we shouldn’t listen to.

“Also do not take to heart everything people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you” (Ecclesiastes 7:21).

3. We should be a lot quicker to hear than to speak.

“So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath” (James 1:19).

For more about listening, see “Communicating More Effectively.”

What biblical passages would you add?

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