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516 verses in the King James Version, showing the first 300. Word study for “hear” →
And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.
Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it , I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
And Moses spake before the LORD , saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD .
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it , then he shall bear his iniquity.
And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
And Moses said unto the LORD , Then the Egyptians shall hear it , (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)
And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD , and went presumptuously up into the hill.
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them.
Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it , and do it .
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD :
Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.
And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you.
If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
Gather the people together, men, and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
And that their children, which have not known any thing , may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD , the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies.
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.
And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it , and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD ; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.
And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD’s people to transgress.
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it . And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it , he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD .
Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am , my lord.
And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD ; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD , saying, Go, serve other gods.
For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron.
And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king’s house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok’s son , and Jonathan Abiathar’s son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he . Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
In my distress I called upon the LORD , and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it , and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
Hear me, O LORD , hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD : I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD ; Thus saith the LORD , To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them , nor do them .
Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:
It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
LORD , bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD , thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD .
And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me , I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD , and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD ; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.
If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies , because they sought after the gods of Edom.
Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.
And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place .
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month.
And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not .
Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it.
Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD ; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
LORD , thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Hear the right, O LORD , attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
Save, LORD : let the king hear us when we call.
Hear, O LORD , when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Hear, O LORD , and have mercy upon me: LORD , be thou my helper.
My soul shall make her boast in the LORD : the humble shall hear thereof , and be glad.
For in thee, O LORD , do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
For I said, Hear me , lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
Hear my prayer, O LORD , and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were .
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they , doth hear?
That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me.
Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD , in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
Hear me, O LORD ; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Bow down thine ear, O LORD , hear me: for I am poor and needy.
Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
Hear my prayer, O LORD , and let my cry come unto thee.
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD : I will keep thy statutes.
Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD , quicken me according to thy judgment.
Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD , when they hear the words of thy mouth.
I said unto the LORD , Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD .
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
Hear my prayer, O LORD , give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
Hear me speedily, O LORD : my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it .
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Hear the word of the LORD , ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD , ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD :
For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
Incline thine ear, O LORD , and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD , and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.
Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am , and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD , and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness.
All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things ? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD , and his Spirit, hath sent me.
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
Hear the word of the LORD , ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
Hear ye the word of the LORD , O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
Stand in the gate of the LORD’s house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD , all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD .
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
Yet hear the word of the LORD , O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;
Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them.
They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD ; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock is carried away captive.
When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.
And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD , ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates:
But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.
Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD , O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
And touching the house of the king of Judah, say , Hear ye the word of the LORD ;
And say, Hear the word of the LORD , O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD , that this house shall become a desolation.
I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD .
But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.
