Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

Take heed to thyself and to thy doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou wilt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.

Also take no heed to all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoever trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

Mark well, O Job, hearken to me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.

Bow down thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.

My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways.

But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

Then they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

And he said to them, Take heed what ye hear: With the measure which ye give, it shall be measured to you: and to you that hear shall more be given.

For God speaketh once, yes twice, yet man perceiveth it not.

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; to which ye do well that ye take heed, as to a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that are in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.

My son, attend to my wisdom, and bow thy ear to my understanding:

Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men that turn from the truth.

Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is in it; the world, and all things that spring from it.

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.

And when they had come, they say to him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not?

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

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

But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith; so do.

Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content with that, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.

Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say to him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:

Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.

What is man, that thou shouldst magnify him? and that thou shouldst set thy heart upon him?

Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: