'Ear' in the Bible

Then give ear from heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and may see that this house which I have made is truly named by your name.

Then give ear from heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.

Then give ear from heaven your living-place to their prayer and their cry, and see right done to them, answering with forgiveness your people who have done wrong against you.

Now the Lord came to Solomon in a vision by night, and said to him, I have given ear to your prayer, and have taken this place for myself as a house where offerings are to be made.

If my people, on whom my name is named, make themselves low and come to me in prayer, searching for me and turning from their evil ways; then I will give ear from heaven, overlooking their sin, and will give life again to their land.

And all the kings of the earth came to see Solomon and to give ear to his wisdom, which God had put into his heart.

So the king did not give ear to the people; for this came about by the purpose of God, so that the Lord might give effect to his word which he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.

The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.

And Abijah took up his position on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Give ear to me, O Jeroboam and all Israel:

And he came face to face with Asa and said to him, Give ear to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with him; if your heart's desire is for him, he will be near you, but if you give him up, he will give you up.

Then he said, Give ear now to the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord seated on his seat of power, and all the army of heaven in their places, at his right hand and at his left.

And he said, Give ear, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat: the Lord says to you, Have no fear and do not be troubled on account of this great army; for the fight is not yours but God's.

And early in the morning they got up and went out to the waste land of Tekoa: and when they were going out, Jehoshaphat took his station and said to them, Give ear to me, O Judah and you people of Jerusalem: have faith in the Lord your God and you will be safe; have faith in his prophets and all will go well for you.

Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them.

Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.

But while he was talking to him the king said to him, Have we made you one of the king's government? say no more, or it will be the cause of your death. Then the prophet gave up protesting, and said, It is clear to me that God's purpose is your destruction, because you have done this and have not given ear to my words.

And now give ear to me, and send back the prisoners whom you have taken from your brothers: for the wrath of the Lord is burning against you.

And said to them, Give ear to me, O Levites: now make yourselves holy, and make holy the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and take away everything unclean from the holy place.

And the Lord gave ear to Hezekiah, and made the people well.

But to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from the Lord, say, This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said: Because you have given ear to my words,

And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.

So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.

Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:

And so you gave them up into the hands of their haters who were cruel to them: and in the time of their trouble, when they made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; and in your great mercy gave them saviours, who made them free from the hands of their haters.

But when they had rest, they did evil again before you: so you gave them into the hands of their haters, who had rule over them: but when they came back and made their prayer to you, you gave ear to them from heaven; again and again, in your mercy, you gave them salvation;

And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.

Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

Though I had called and He answereth me, I do not believe that He giveth ear to my voice.

Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.

Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.

Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:

I have to give ear to arguments which put me to shame, and your answers to me are wind without wisdom.

High they were for a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all others they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.

When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!

So I say, Give ear to me, and I will put forward my knowledge.

Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.

And yet, I pray thee, O Job, Hear my speech and to all my words give ear.

That's when he opens the ear of mankind, authenticating his messages to them,

Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.

Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.

For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.

And if there is understanding, hear this, Give ear to the voice of my words.

But God will not give ear to what is false, or the Ruler of all take note of it;

He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

If they give ear to his voice, and do his word, then he gives them long life, and years full of pleasure.

He draweth out the afflicted in his affliction, And uncovereth in oppression their ear.

Give ear to the rolling noise of his voice; to the hollow sound which goes out of his mouth.

Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God.

Give ear to me, and I will say what is in my mind; I will put questions to you, and you will give me the answers.

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

And Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did as the Lord had said. And the Lord gave ear to Job.

Give answer to my cry, O God of my righteousness; make me free from my troubles; have mercy on me, and give ear to my prayer.

See how the Lord has made great his mercy for me; the Lord will give ear to my cry.

{To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.} Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

Go from me, all you workers of evil; for the Lord has given ear to the voice of my weeping.

The Lord has given ear to my request; the Lord has let my prayer come before him.

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

{A Prayer of David.} Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

At the hearing of the ear they hearken to me, Sons of a stranger feign obedience to me,

May the Lord give ear to you in the day of trouble; may you be placed on high by the name of the God of Jacob;

Come to our help, Lord: let the king give ear to our cry.

Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.

May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to the voice of my prayer.

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

I was searching for the Lord, and he gave ear to my voice, and made me free from all my fears.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.} Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:

I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David.} Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

Come, give ear to me, all you God-fearing men, so that I may make clear to you what he has done for my soul.

I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:

But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.

Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.

{To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph.} I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.

{Maschil of Asaph.} Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

{To the chief Musician upon ShoshannimEduth, A Psalm of Asaph.} Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say!

But my people did not give ear to my voice; Israel would have nothing to do with me.

If only my people would give ear to me, walking in my ways!

O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

I will give ear to the voice of the Lord; for he will say words of peace to his people and to his saints; but let them not go back to their foolish ways.

{A Prayer of David.} Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.

O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;