'Attention' in the Bible
Let my cause come to your ears, O Lord, give attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer which goes not out from false lips.
Come, children, give attention to me; I will be your teacher in the fear of the Lord.
Give attention to the good man, and take note of the upright; because the end of that man is peace.
I said, I will give attention to my ways, so that my tongue may do no wrong; I will keep my mouth under control, while the sinner is before me.
Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.
O daughter, give thought and attention, and let your ear be open; no longer keep in mind your people, and your father's house;
Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world.
See, hate is dropping from their lips; curses are on their tongues: they say, Who gives attention to it?
But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.