'Give Heed' in the Bible
Lamech said to his wives,“Adah and Zillah,Listen to my voice,You wives of Lamech,Give heed to my speech,For I have killed a man for wounding me;And a boy for striking me;
“Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons.
A Prayer of David.Hear a just cause, O Lord, give heed to my cry;Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips.
Give heed to me and answer me;I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted,
For the choir director; on a stringed instrument. A Psalm of David.Hear my cry, O God;Give heed to my prayer.
Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer;And give heed to the voice of my supplications!
I will give heed to the blameless way.When will You come to me?I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.
Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things,And consider the lovingkindnesses of the Lord.
“Give heed to my cry,For I am brought very low;Deliver me from my persecutors,For they are too strong for me.
Who among you will give ear to this?Who will give heed and listen hereafter?
Listen and give heed, do not be haughty,For the Lord has spoken.
Do give heed to me, O Lord,And listen to what my opponents are saying!
At the beginning of your supplications the command was issued, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed; so give heed to the message and gain understanding of the vision.
Hear this, O priests!Give heed, O house of Israel!Listen, O house of the king!For the judgment applies to you,For you have been a snare at MizpahAnd a net spread out on Tabor.
“Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did not listen or give heed to Me,” declares the Lord.
But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words.
Moses said, ‘The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brethren; to Him you shall give heed to everything He says to you.
But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to give heed to you rather than to God, you be the judge;