'Incline' in the Bible
“Now then, remove the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your hearts toward the Lord, the God of Israel.”
that He may guide our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways [following Him] and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His precepts which He commanded our fathers.
I have called upon You, for You, O God, will answer me;Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
Listen, O my people, to my teaching;Incline your ears to the words of my mouth [and be willing to learn].
Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me,For I am distressed and needy [I long for Your help].
Let my prayer come before You and enter into Your presence;Incline Your ear to my cry!
Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress!Incline Your ear to me;In the day when I call, answer me quickly.
Incline my heart to Your testimoniesAnd not to dishonest gain and envy.
Do not incline my heart to [consent to or tolerate] any evil thing,Or to practice deeds of wickednessWith men who plan and do evil;And let me not eat of their delicacies (be tempted by their gain).
My son, be attentive to my wisdom [godly wisdom learned by costly experience],Incline your ear to my understanding;
Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,Do not stray into her [evil, immoral] paths.
Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib that he has sent to taunt and defy the living God.
“Incline your ear [to listen] and come to Me;Hear, so that your soul may live;And I will make an everlasting covenant with you,According to the faithful mercies [promised and] shown to David.
Yet they did not obey or incline their ear [to listen to Me], but everyone walked in the stubborn way of his [own] evil heart. Therefore I brought on them all [the suffering threatened in] the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.’”
Yet they would not listen and obey and control their behavior; but they were stiff-necked in order not to hear and take instruction.
“At the end of seven years each of you shall set free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself [into servitude] or who has been sold to you and has served you six years, you shall release him from [serving] you; but your forefathers did not listen [submissively] to Me or obey Me.
O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and look at our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You because of our own merits and righteousness, but because of Your great mercy and compassion.