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But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

And he said, “Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army, for the battle does not belong to you, but to God.

And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.

Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.

Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.

Pay attention, Job, and listen to me; be silent, and I will speak.

Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.

You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,

A prayer of David. Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer—it comes from lips free of deceit.

Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. Of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.

But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and attend to my plea for mercy.

Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,

…if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.

My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,

Now, my sons, listen to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.

A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.

If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!

Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth!

When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”

Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.

Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.

Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?

If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.

Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.

To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.

I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’

Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.

I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.

Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his words.”

Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying!

But which of them has stood in the council of the LORD to see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and obeyed it?

O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”

“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.

Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.

At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.