'Incline' in the Bible
He said, "Remove the foreign gods that [are] in your midst, and incline your hearts to Yahweh the God of Israel."
to incline our hearts toward him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his judgments which he commanded our ancestors.
Incline your ears and hear; open, O Yahweh, your eyes and see and hear the words of Sennacherib which he has sent to insult the living God.
As for me, I have called on you because you will answer me, O God. Incline your ear to me. Hear my words.
Incline your ear to me. Quickly deliver me. Become my rock of refuge, {a fortified keep} to save me.
Hear, O daughter, and {discern} and incline your ear, and forget your people and your father's house.
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will {propound} my riddle on a lyre.
In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline your ear to me and save me.
Listen, O my people, to my teaching. Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
Incline, O Yahweh, your ear [and] answer me, because I [am] poor and needy.
Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.
Do not hide your face from me in [the] day [of] my trouble. Incline your ear to me. In the day I call, answer me quickly,
Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to [dishonest] gain.
Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked deeds with men [who] do iniquity; and do not let me eat of their delicacies.
[in order] to incline your ear toward wisdom, [then] you shall apply your heart to understanding.
My child, be attentive to my wisdom, and to my understanding incline your ear;
and "I did not listen to the voice of my teachers, and I did not incline my ear to my instructors!
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise; you shall apply your heart to my teaching.
Yet they did not obey, and they did not incline their ear, but they walked in [their own] plans, in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and {they became worse instead of better}.
But they did not obey and they did not incline their ear. Instead each one walked in the stubbornness of his evil heart. Therefore, I brought on them all the words of this covenant which I commanded [them] to do, and they did not [do it].'"
Yet they did not listen, and they did not incline their ear, and they hardened their neck [so as] to not hear, nor to receive discipline.
"At [the] end of seven years you must let go each one his fellow countryman, the Hebrew who has been sold to you and who has served you six years, and you must let him go free from you." But your ancestors did not listen to me, and they did not incline their ears.
And I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, {I have sent them over and over again}, {saying}, 'Turn back please each one from his evil way, and amend your deeds, and you must not go after other gods to serve them, {so that you may live} on the land that I gave to you and to your ancestors.' But you did not incline your ear and you did not listen to me.
But they did not listen and they did not incline their ears to turn back from their wickedness, to not make smoke offerings to other gods.
Incline your ear, my God, and listen; open your eyes and look at our desolation and the city that is called [by] your name, for we [are] not presenting our pleas for mercy {before you} because of our righteousness, but [rather] because of your great compassion.