'Hearken' in the Bible
And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad and because of thy handmaid: in all that Sarah hath said to thee hearken to her voice, for in Isaac shall a seed be called to thee.
My lord, hearken to me. A field of four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
And now, my son, hearken to my voice in that which I command thee.
And his mother said to him, On me be thy curse, my son! Only hearken to my voice, and go, fetch them.
And now, my son, hearken to my voice, and arise, flee to Laban my brother, to Haran;
But if ye do not hearken to us, to be circumcised, then will we take our daughter and go away.
Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.
And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the lad? But ye did not hearken; and now behold, his blood also is required.