Lexicon :: Strong's H238 - 'āzan

Lamech said to his wives:

Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;

wives of Lamech, pay attention to my words.

For I killed a man for wounding me,

a young man for striking me.

He said, “If you will carefully obey the LORD your God, do what is right in his sight, pay attention to his commands, and keep all his statutes, I will not inflict any illnesses on you that I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”

Balaam proclaimed his poem:

Balak, get up and listen;

son of Zippor, pay attention to what I say!

“When you returned, you wept before the LORD, but he didn’t listen to your requests or pay attention to you.

Pay attention, heavens, and I will speak;

listen, earth, to the words from my mouth.

Listen, kings! Pay attention, princes!

I will sing to the LORD;

I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.

Nevertheless, he sent them prophets to bring them back to the LORD; they admonished them, but the people would not listen.

You were patient with them for many years,

and your Spirit warned them through your prophets,

but they would not listen.

Therefore, you handed them over to the surrounding peoples.

If I summoned him and he answered me,

I do not believe he would pay attention to what I said.

Look, I waited for your conclusions;

I listened to your insights

as you sought for words.

But now, Job, pay attention to my speech,

and listen to all my words.

Hear my words, you wise ones,

and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.

If you have understanding, hear this;

listen to what I have to say.

Listen to this, Job.

Stop and consider God’s wonders.

Listen to my words, LORD;

consider my sighing.

LORD, hear a just cause;

pay attention to my cry;

listen to my prayer —

from lips free of deceit.

“Hear my prayer, LORD,

and listen to my cry for help;

do not be silent at my tears.

For I am here with you as an alien,

a temporary resident like all my ancestors.

Hear this, all you peoples;

listen, all who inhabit the world,

God, hear my prayer;

listen to the words from my mouth.

God, listen to my prayer

and do not hide from my plea for help.

I cry aloud to God,

aloud to God, and he will hear me.

My people, hear my instruction;

listen to the words from my mouth.

Listen, Shepherd of Israel,

who leads Joseph like a flock;

you who sit enthroned between the cherubim,

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LORD God of Armies, hear my prayer;

listen, God of Jacob.Selah

LORD, hear my prayer;

listen to my cries for mercy.

They have ears but cannot hear;

indeed, there is no breath in their mouths.

I say to the LORD, “You are my God.”

Listen, LORD, to my cry for help.

LORD, I call on you; hurry to help me.

Listen to my voice when I call on you.

LORD, hear my prayer.

In your faithfulness listen to my plea,

and in your righteousness answer me.

A wicked person listens to malicious talk;[fn]

a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth,

for the LORD has spoken:

“I have raised children[fn] and brought them up,

but they have rebelled against me.

Hear the word of the LORD,

you rulers of Sodom!

Listen to the instruction of our God,

you people of Gomorrah!

Band together,[fn] peoples, and be broken;

pay attention, all you distant lands;

prepare for war, and be broken;

prepare for war, and be broken.

Listen and hear my voice.

Pay attention and hear what I say.

Stand up, you complacent women;

listen to me.

Pay attention to what I say,

you overconfident daughters.

Who among you will hear this?

Let him listen and obey in the future.

Pay attention to me, my people,

and listen to me, my nation;

for instruction will come from me,

and my justice for a light to the nations.

I will bring it about quickly.

From ancient times no one has heard,

no one has listened to,

no eye has seen any God except you

who acts on behalf of the one who waits for him.

Listen and pay attention. Do not be proud,

for the LORD has spoken.

Hear this, priests!

Pay attention, house of Israel!

Listen, royal house!

For the judgment applies to you

because you have been a snare at Mizpah

and a net spread out on Tabor.

Hear this, you elders;

listen, all you inhabitants of the land.

Has anything like this ever happened in your days

or in the days of your ancestors?