Luke 11:28

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But He replied, 'Rather, blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it.'

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  • Luke 6:47-48 : 47 Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. 48 They are like a person building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.
  • Luke 8:21 : 21 But He replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice."
  • Jas 1:21-25 : 21 Therefore, rid yourselves of all moral filth and the excess of evil, and humbly accept the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres—not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—this person will be blessed in what he does.
  • Isa 48:17-18 : 17 This is what the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: 'I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who leads you in the way you should go.' 18 If only you had paid attention to My commands, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
  • Matt 7:21-25 : 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and cast out demons in Your name, and perform many miracles in Your name?' 23 Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.' 24 Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise the LORD! How blessed is the man who fears the LORD and greatly delights in His commandments.
  • John 13:17 : 17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
  • Ps 1:1-3 : 1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of mockers. 2 Instead, his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law, he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither; whatever he does prospers.
  • 1 John 3:21-24 : 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God. 22 And whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do what pleases Him. 23 Now this is His commandment: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as He commanded us. 24 The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us: through the Spirit He has given us.
  • Ps 119:1-6 : 1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD. 2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with all their heart. 3 Indeed, they do no wrong; they walk in His ways. 4 You have commanded Your precepts to be kept diligently. 5 Oh, that my ways were steadfast in keeping Your statutes! 6 Then I would not be ashamed when I consider all Your commandments.
  • Ps 128:1 : 1 A song of ascents: Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways.
  • Matt 12:48-50 : 48 But Jesus replied to the one who told Him, 'Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?' 49 Stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, 'Here are My mother and My brothers!' 50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.
  • Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are those who keep His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.

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    27As Jesus was saying this, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, 'Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts that nursed You!'

  • Matt 13:16-17
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    16But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

    17Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

  • Luke 14:15
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    15When one of those reclining at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, 'Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.'

  • Matt 11:15
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    15He who has ears, let him hear.

  • Luke 10:23-24
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    23Then He turned to His disciples and said privately, 'Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.'

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  • Prov 8:32
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    32Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

  • Luke 8:21
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    21But He replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice."

  • Rev 1:3
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    3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, for the time is near.

  • Mark 4:9
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    9Then Jesus said, "Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear."

  • John 13:17
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    17If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

  • Matt 11:6
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    6Blessed is the one who does not stumble on account of Me."

  • Luke 6:20-21
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    20Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples and said, "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.

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  • Deut 11:27
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    27the blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,

  • Luke 8:18
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    18Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. For whoever has will be given more; but whoever does not have, even what they think they have will be taken away from them.

  • Matt 15:10
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    10Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand:

  • Matt 13:9
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    9Let anyone who has ears listen.

  • Luke 8:15
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    15But the seed on good soil represents those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and produce a harvest through perseverance.

  • Mark 7:16
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    16If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

  • John 20:29
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    29Jesus said to him, 'Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.'

  • Deut 28:2
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    2All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you listen to the voice of the LORD your God.

  • Mark 4:23-24
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    23If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.

    24He said to them, "Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and more will be added to you.

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    45Blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what the Lord has spoken to her.

  • Ps 128:4
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    4Behold, this is how the man who fears the Lord will be blessed.

  • Prov 8:34
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    34Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the doorposts of my entrances.

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    23Blessed is the one who does not stumble on account of Me.'

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    46Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' but do not do what I say?

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    29For look, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren women, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'

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    2Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with all their heart.

  • Luke 8:11-12
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    11Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.

    12The seed along the path represents those who hear, but then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so they cannot believe and be saved.

  • John 8:47
    68%

    47The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you do not listen, because you are not from God.

  • Luke 1:42
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    42Then she exclaimed with a loud voice, 'Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.'

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    21At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, 'I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to little ones. Yes, Father, for this was Your good pleasure.'

  • Mark 10:16
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    16And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them, and blessed them.

  • Matt 11:25
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    25At that time Jesus said, 'I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.'

  • John 8:51
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    51Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.

  • John 5:24
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    24Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.

  • Matt 13:14
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    14In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.'

  • Luke 18:21
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    21The man said, 'All these I have kept since I was a boy.'

  • Luke 18:26
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    26Those who heard this asked, 'Who then can be saved?'

  • Rev 22:7
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    7Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this book.

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    26'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."'

  • John 6:28
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    28Then they said to him, 'What must we do to perform the works of God?'

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    8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.