'Hear' in the Bible

Lamech told his wives, "Adah and Zillah, listen to what I have to say: You wives of Lamech, hear what I'm announcing! I've killed a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.

Now Sarah had said, "God has caused me to laugh, and all who hear about it will laugh with me."

"I don't know who did this thing," Abimelech replied. "You didn't report this to me, and I didn't hear about it until today."

Now since Ephron the Hittite had taken a seat there among the Hittites, he responded publicly to Abraham where the Hittites and everyone who was entering the gate of his city could hear him:

and then addressed Ephron so all the people of the land could hear him: "Please listen to me! I'm willing to pay the price of the field. Accept it from me, so I may bury my dead there."

Moses also said, "When the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and bread in the morning to satisfy you, the LORD will hear your complaints directed against him. Who are we? Your complaints aren't against us, but rather against the LORD."

If you do mistreat them, they'll certainly cry out to me, and I'll immediately hear their cry.

for it's his only covering; it's his outer garment, for what else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I'll hear him, for I am gracious.

Moses said, "It is not the sound of a victory shout, and it's not the sound of a shout of defeat, but it's the sound of singing that I hear."

"Wait while I hear what the LORD has to say about you," Moses replied.

"But give this command to the people: "You are to consecrate yourselves, because tomorrow you're going to eat meat, since you've complained where the LORD can hear it, "Who can give us meat to eat? After all, life was better with us in Egypt." Therefore, the LORD is going to give you meat and you'll eat

You returned and cried out in the LORD's presence, but the LORD didn't hear your voice or listen to you.

The day you stood in the presence of the LORD your God in Horeb, the LORD told me, "Gather the people before me so they may hear my words, learn to revere me the whole time that they live in the land, and teach them to their children.'"

There you'll serve gods made by human hands, serving trees and stones that cannot see, hear, eat, nor smell.

In your distress, when all these things happen to you in days to come and you return to the LORD your God, then you will hear his voice.

"Indeed, ask from one end of the heavens to the other about days of old, before your time, when God created mankind on the earth. Did we ever have anything as great as this, or ever hear of anything like it?

You have been made to hear his voice from heaven so you may be instructed. And he showed you his great fire here on earth, and you heard his voice from the middle of that fire.

Then all Israel will hear about it, be afraid, and won't do this evil thing again among you.

"You may hear in one of your towns that the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit

When it is reported to you or you hear of it, then investigate it thoroughly. When the truth has been established that this detestable thing has been done in Israel,

Then all the people who hear will be afraid and will not act presumptuously again."

because this is what you asked from the LORD your God at Horeb when you were assembled together: "Don't let us hear the voice of the LORD our God again, or even see this great fire otherwise, we will die.'

When others hear of this, they will be afraid and will not do such an evil deed again in your midst.

Then all the men of his city are to stone him with boulders so that he dies. This is how you will remove this evil from among you. Then all Israel will hear of it and will be afraid."

They aren't in the heavens, so you have to ask, "Who'll go up to the heavens for us and get it for us so we can hear it and act on it?'

And they aren't beyond the seas either, so you have to ask, "Who'll cross the sea and get it for us so we can hear it and act on it?'

Gather the people the men, women, children, and the foreigners that live in your cities so they may hear and fear the LORD your God, and so they may be careful to obey the words contained in this Law.

Their children who don't know will hear and learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan River to possess."

Hear, heavens, and I will speak! Listen, earth, to the words of my mouth!

He declared this about Judah: "Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah and return him to his people. With his own strength he fights for himself, and you will be of assistance against his enemies."

When they sound a long blast with the ram's horn, as soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then the entire army is to cry out loud, the city wall will collapse, and then all of the soldiers are to charge straight ahead."

The Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of this, will surround us, and eliminate us from the earth! Then what will you do about your great reputation?"

Why did you sit down among the sheepfolds? To hear the bleating of the flocks? Among the divisions of the army of Reuben there was great searching of heart.

where you will hear what they're talking about. That way, you'll be encouraged to attack the encampment." So he and his servant Purah went down to the perimeter outposts of the encamped army.

But his wife replied to him, "If the LORD had intended to kill us, he wouldn't have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from us, he wouldn't have shown us all these things, and he wouldn't have permitted us to hear things like this, now would he?"

He told his mother, "Do you remember those 1,100 silver coins that were stolen from you and about which you uttered a curse when I could hear it? Well, I have the silver. I took it." So she replied, "May my son be blessed by the LORD."

Samuel said, "Then what is this bleating of sheep in my ears and the lowing of cattle that I hear?"

Samuel said, "How can I go? Saul will hear about this and kill me!"

When you hear the sound of marching coming from the tops of the balsam trees, then be sure to act quickly, since the LORD will have gone out ahead of you to cut down the Philistine army."

But Absalom sent agents throughout all of the tribes of Israel, telling them, "When you hear the sound of the battle trumpet, you're to announce that Absalom is king in Hebron."

Won't Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? So whatever you hear from the king's palace, you're to report to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

Their two sons Zadok's son Ahimaaz and Abiathar's son Jonathan are with them there. You'll be sending me everything that you hear through them."

Ahithophel responded, "Go inside and have sex with your father's mistresses, whom he left to keep the palace in order. Then everyone in Israel will hear how your father has come to hate you and everyone who has joined you will be emboldened to act."

Absalom replied, "Call in Hushai the Archite so I can hear what he has to say, too!"

Look! He's probably already hiding in a cave or someplace like that. If the first attack fails, people will hear about it and think, "Absalom's army is losing!'

I'm now 80 years old! I can hardly tell the difference between what tastes good or bad! I can't tell what I eat or drink! I can't hear the voice of men and women when they sing! So why should your servant be an added burden to your majesty the king?

People came from everywhere to hear Solomon's advice. Every king on the earth heard of his wisdom.

Listen to the requests from your servant and from your people Israel as they pray in this direction, listen from the place where you reside in heaven, then hear and forgive.

then hear in heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and return them to the soil that you gave to their ancestors.

then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants and of your people Israel. Indeed, teach them the best way to live and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as an inheritance.

then hear from heaven, the place where you reside, and forgive, repaying each person according to all of his ways, since you know their hearts for you alone know the hearts of all human beings

(for people will hear of your great name, your mighty acts, and your obvious power), when he comes and prays facing this Temple,

then hear in heaven where you reside, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the people of the earth may know your name, fear you as do your people Israel, and so they may know that this Temple that I have built is called by your name.

then hear their prayer and their request in heaven, and fight for their cause.

then hear their prayer and requests in heaven, where you reside, and fight for their cause,

All the earth continued to seek audiences with Solomon so they could hear the wise things that God had put in his heart.

Meanwhile, Elisha was sitting in his house, along with the elders, when the king sent a man to kill him, but before the messenger arrived, Elisha told the elders, "Are you watching how this descendant of murderers has ordered my head be cut off? Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and hold it to shut them out! Don't you hear the sound of his master's feet right behind him?"

The LORD had made the Aramean army hear the sounds of chariots, horses, and a large army, so they told one another, "Look! The king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and the Egyptians to come attack us!"

"This is what the LORD says: "Never be afraid of the words that you have heard by which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. Look! I'm going to cause an attitude to grow within him so that he'll hear a rumor and return to his own territory, where I'll make him die by the sword in his own land!"'"

"Didn't you hear? I determined it years ago! I planned this from ancient times, and now I've brought it to pass, to turn fortified cities into piles of ruins

therefore this is what the LORD God of Israel says: "Look! I'm going to bring such a disaster to Jerusalem and Judah that both ears of those who hear about it will ring.

When you hear the sound of marching coming from the tops of the balsam trees, then go out to battle, because God will have gone out ahead of you to destroy the Philistine army."

Listen to the requests from your servant and from your people Israel as they pray in this direction, and listen from the place where you reside from heaven! then hear and forgive.

then hear from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and return them to the soil that you gave to them and to their ancestors.

then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants and of your people Israel. Indeed, teach them the best way to live and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as an inheritance.

then hear from heaven, the place where you reside, and forgive, repaying each person according to all of his ways, since you know their hearts for you alone know the hearts of human beings

then hear from heaven where you reside, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the people of the earth may know your name, fear you as do your people Israel, and so they may know that this Temple that I have built is called by your name.

then hear their prayer and their request from heaven, and fight for their cause.

then hear their prayer and requests from heaven, where you reside, and fight for their cause, forgiving your people who have sinned against you.

All the kings of the earth continued to seek audiences with Solomon so they could hear the wise things that God had put in his heart.

"If evil comes upon us, such as war as punishment, disease, or famine and we stand in your presence in this Temple (because your Name is in this Temple) and cry out to you in our distress, then you will hear and deliver.'

so wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, come over to us, and our God will fight for us!"

Later that day the book of Moses was read aloud so the people could hear it, and a written command was discovered therein permanently prohibiting the Ammonites and Moabites from coming into the congregation of God

This very day the wives of the officials of Persia and Media who hear the report about the queen will speak in the same way to all the officials of the king, and there will be more than enough contempt and anger.

In that place, those who once were prisoners will be at ease together; they won't hear the voice of oppressors.

Whenever I hear an insulting rebuke, I respond from my spirit because I understand."

Will God hear his cry when distress overtakes him?

Abaddon and death said, "We did hear a rumor about it.'

"Look! I have waited to hear your speech, so I listened to your insights while you searched for the right words to say.

"You spoke clearly so I could hear; I've heard what you've said:

When I call, answer me, my righteous God! When I was in distress, you set me free. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

But understand this: the LORD has set apart the godly for himself! The LORD will hear me when I cry out to him!

LORD, in the morning you will hear my voice; in the morning I will pray to you, and I will watch for your answer.

LORD, hear my just plea! Pay attention to my cry! Listen to my prayer, since it does not come from lying lips.

I call upon you, for you will answer me, God. Listen closely to me and hear my prayer.

When they hear of me, they will obey me; foreigners will submit to me.

Hear my voice, LORD, when I cry out! Be gracious to me and answer me.

Hear the sound of my supplications when I cry to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.

Hear me, LORD, and have mercy on me! LORD, help me!

My soul will glorify the LORD; the humble will hear about it and rejoice.

I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, and like the mute, who cannot open his mouth.

Hear my prayer, LORD, pay attention to my cry, and do not ignore my tears. I am an alien in your presence, a stranger just like my ancestors were.

God, who is enthroned from long ago, will hear me and humble them. Interlude Because they do not repent, they do not fear God.

refusing to hear the voice of the snake charmer, the cunning enchanter.

Look what pours out of their mouths! They use their lips like swords, saying "Who will hear us?"

God, hear my cry; pay attention to my prayer.

Hear, God, as I express my concern; protect me from fear of the enemy.

Since you hear prayer, everybody will come to you.

Listen, my people, to my instruction. Hear the words of my mouth.

LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, hear my prayer! Listen, God of Jacob! Interlude