Lexicon :: Strong's H7181 - qāšaḇ

Then Samuel said:

Does the LORD take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices

as much as in obeying the LORD?

Look: to obey is better than sacrifice,

to pay attention is better than the fat of rams.

and he said, “Listen carefully, all Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat. This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast number, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they didn’t listen.

Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestors

did not obey your law

or listen to your commands

and warnings you gave them.

Hear now my argument,

and listen to my defense.[fn]

Pay attention, Job, and listen to me.

Be quiet, and I will speak.

Pay attention to the sound of my cry,

my King and my God,

for I pray to you.

LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble;

you will strengthen their hearts.

You will listen carefully,

LORD, hear a just cause;

pay attention to my cry;

listen to my prayer —

from lips free of deceit.

Pay attention to me and answer me.

I am restless and in turmoil with my complaint,

God, hear my cry;

pay attention to my prayer.

However, God has listened;

he has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.

LORD, hear my prayer;

listen to my cries for mercy.

Listen to my cry,

for I am very weak.

Rescue me from those who pursue me,

for they are too strong for me.

“Since I called out and you refused,

extended my hand and no one paid attention,

listening closely[fn] to wisdom

and directing your heart to understanding;

Listen, sons, to a father’s discipline,

and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,

My son, pay attention to my words;

listen closely to my sayings.

My son, pay attention to my wisdom;

listen closely[fn] to my understanding

Now, sons, listen to me,

and pay attention to the words from my mouth.

A wicked person listens to malicious talk;[fn]

a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

If a ruler listens to lies,

all his officials will be wicked.

You[fn] who dwell in the gardens,

companions are listening for your voice;

let me hear you!

Cry aloud, daughter of Gallim!

Listen, Laishah!

Anathoth is miserable.

“When he sees riders —

pairs of horsemen,

riders on donkeys,

riders on camels —

he must pay close attention.”

Listen and hear my voice.

Pay attention and hear what I say.

Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,

and the ears of those who hear will listen.

You nations, come here and listen;

you peoples, pay attention!

Let the earth and all that fills it hear,

the world and all that comes from it.

Who among you will hear this?

Let him listen and obey in the future.

If only you had paid attention to my commands.

Then your peace would have been like a river,

and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.

Coasts and islands,[fn] listen to me;

distant peoples, pay attention.

The LORD called me before I was born.

He named me while I was in my mother’s womb.

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.

Who can I speak to and give such a warning[fn]

that they will listen?

Look, their ear is uncircumcised,[fn]

so they cannot pay attention.

See, the word of the LORD has become contemptible 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 protested, “We won’t listen! ”

Listen, earth!

I am about to bring disaster on these people,

the fruit of their own plotting,

for they have paid no attention to my words.

They have rejected my instruction.

“I have paid careful attention.

They do not speak what is right.

No one regrets his evil,

asking, ‘What have I done? ’

Everyone has stayed his course

like a horse rushing into battle.

Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will never be lost from the priest, or counsel from the wise, or a word from the prophet. Come, let’s denounce him[fn] and pay no attention to all his words.”

For who has stood in the council of the LORD

to see and hear his word?

Who has paid attention to his word and obeyed?

Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, listen and act! My God, for your own sake, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your name.

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.

Listen, all you peoples;

pay attention, earth[fn] and everyone in it!

The Lord GOD will be a witness against you,

the Lord, from his holy temple.

“Do not be like your ancestors; the earlier prophets proclaimed to them: This is what the LORD of Armies says: Turn from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to me ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration.

“But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

At that time those who feared the LORD spoke to one another. The LORD took notice and listened. So a book of remembrance was written before him for those who feared the LORD and had high regard for his name.