LISTENING
(See also Hearing)
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g95 8/22 30
at conventions: w09 5/15 3-4; km 4/08 5; km 4/04 4; km 4/03 3; be 16; km 5/02 5; km 5/01 5; km 5/00 5; km 5/98 4; km 5/97 3-4; km 5/96 3-4; km 5/93 3-4; km 5/91 3-4; km 5/88 3-4
note-taking: km 5/92 3-4; km 5/91 3-4
at meetings: be 14-15; w00 3/15 17-18; km 2/00 7; w95 7/15 21; sg 24-29; w89 6/15 17
training young children: be 16; w00 3/15 17-18; w00 4/15 30; km 5/88 1-2
before giving counsel: w22.02 17; w86 9/15 19
Bible examples:
Beroeans listen to Paul: w89 8/1 6
Jehovah listens: cl 202-203; w20.04 16; w19.05 17; w18.09 6
Jehovah listens to prayers: ijwbq articles 26, 125; scl 93; w22.11 9-10; w21.09 21-22; wp21.1 5-7, 16; g21.1 14; w20.02 5; w16.06 4; w15 10/1 4-5; g 9/14 8; w12 7/1 3-6; w92 4/15 3-6
Jesus Christ: w07 11/15 27-28; w05 11/15 10
Mary, mother of Jesus: w16.02 17
Bible usage: it-2 520-521
conversations: g02 4/8 31; g95 4/8 16-17; sg 79; g89 5/22 23-25; g86 1/22 4-5
discussion: be 13-16; km 1/01 1; g95 4/8 16-17; g94 12/8 10-13; sg 25-27
effect of desires: w13 2/15 27-28
elders:
to fellow Christians: w95 12/1 19
to sisters who are upset: w95 7/15 16
focusing: w13 2/15 27-28
Hebrew word: it-2 520
how to get people to listen: g99 5/22 29
link with learning: g02 4/8 31
men and women differ: g01 8/8 29
need for someone to listen: w92 4/15 3
not listening to—
gossip and slander: it-1 990; yp2 106; g99 2/22 19; w89 10/15 12-13, 16; g89 7/8 19
reproachful talk: w89 9/15 27-28
unclean speech: w92 7/15 11
“voice of strangers” (Joh 10:5): mwb24.03 16; w04 9/1 13-18
“quick to listen” (Jas 1:19): wp23.1 14; w18.09 6
to bereaved: w17.07 14-15; w10 11/1 10-11
to children: mwb25.05 11; g18.2 8; w13 5/15 21-22; g 10/11 10; w07 11/15 29-30; w01 10/1 10; g92 6/22 4-5; g90 1/22 16-17; g86 7/22 25-26
to counsel: w25.07 2-6; scl 27-28; w22.02 8-9, 11-13; w19.09 5; lvs 49; w11 7/15 29; jr 70-71; w87 4/1 28-29; w87 10/1 19-20; w86 3/1 19; tp 110-111
about religion: w89 8/1 3-7
to depressed people: w90 3/15 26
to discouraged: jr 89-90
to disputes: w11 8/15 30; w99 3/15 17
to faithful and discreet slave: w09 2/15 28
to family members: w13 5/15 21-22; w97 6/15 24; fy 186
to fellow Christians: w20.04 15-16; w18.09 6, 15; w89 11/15 18
to fellow elders: w20.08 27; w88 10/1 16-17
to friends: yp 70-71
when they confide problems: g05 1/22 20
to householder: w08 7/15 10-11; w07 11/15 27-30; be 64, 159, 187; km 4/91 8; w89 11/15 13
to Jehovah: w22.06 24-25; cl 312-313; w19.03 8-13; w18.11 15; wp18.2 15; w10 12/15 19-20; w06 6/1 28; w99 1/1 17; w98 7/15 12-14; kl 158-159
as end nears: w87 5/15 15-20
blessings from: w01 9/15 10-15
to Jehovah’s Witnesses: w89 8/1 6-7
to Jesus: w21.12 16-27; w19.03 10-11; w09 5/15 32
first century: w89 8/1 4-5
“listen to him” (Mt 17:5): w19.03 10; kr 6; lr 15
to mate: hf 11; g 12/13 12-13; w11 8/1 11; g 7/08 7-8; w05 6/1 21-22; g94 1/22 10-11
to older ones: w93 3/15 29-30
to one’s conscience: scl 26
to parents: w13 5/15 21-22; w04 6/15 14; g86 7/22 22
to seriously ill: w10 7/1 10-11
to single parents: w10 12/1 23
“to the words of the wise” (Pr 22:17): w22.02 8
to those under one’s authority: w94 8/1 18, 20
when teaching: w99 3/15 16-17
when witnessing: w19.07 22
who listens to prayers for peace: g87 6/8 2-10
with empathy: w18.09 15; g 7/08 8; w07 11/15 17; g94 12/8 10-13
with love: w05 11/15 10-12
youths:
to whom to listen: mwb25.01 12