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Example sentences for "hearkened"

Lexicographically close words:
hearing; hearinge; hearings; hearke; hearken; hearkeneth; hearkening; hearkens; hearn; hears
  1. And the Lord hearkened to his voice, and there became about him a flame of fire, and all the irons about him melted.

  2. Because thou hast not hearkened to my counsel, I know that God has counselled to destroy thee.

  3. I hearkened eagerly, and was flattered and honored by the distinction thus conferred.

  4. I slipped into my chair beside him, receiving a caressing pat on the hand I laid on his arm, and hearkened with greedy ears for further particulars of the case, never asking a question.

  5. If all who hearkened unto her would do likewise, the muttering of the hell that was already moving from its depth under the feet of the nation, would be silenced forever.

  6. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him, and he hearkened unto their voice.

  7. And from the mouth of him false words and fair So cunningly flowed that in a little while The royal frown became a royal smile, And the king hearkened to the leech and was Persuaded.

  8. At supper she nodded to me many times with much contentment; except for that I might have been buried for aught she noted, for she hearkened only to Herdegen's tales as though they were a revelation from above.

  9. And he hearkened unmoved when I told him what Ann had said: "That she was ready to follow him to death, but not to shame.

  10. We had hearkened to her ravings as though spellbound and frozen; and when we at last took heart to put an end to her wild talk, lo, she was gone, and flying down the stairs with long strides.

  11. Howbeit, here again I found comfort when I marked at supper that the sweet damsel no longer heeded my simple person, whereas she had at first gazed at me with favor, but hearkened with glowing cheeks to Herdegen's discourse.

  12. But Eros and Hymen hearkened to his prayers, not mine.

  13. While Spitames passed the wine, the king hearkened with condescending and approving nod to the report of the Prince as to his mad adventure in Hellas.

  14. But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me" (Deut.

  15. But doubtless heathen wives hearkened to Christian husbands more readily than heathen husbands to their Christian wives.

  16. They hearkened to the word of the Lord, and returned from their journey, as the Lord had commanded them.

  17. But they hearkened not: but were seduced by Manasses, to do evil more than the nations which the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel.

  18. Josias would not return, but prepared to fight against him, and hearkened not to the words of Nechao from the mouth of God, but went to fight in the field of Mageddo.

  19. And Pharao's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them, as the Lord had commanded.

  20. And after the death of Joiada, the princes of Juda went in, and worshipped the king: and he was soothed by their services and hearkened to them.

  21. I spoke, and you hearkened not: but resisting the commandment of the Lord, and swelling with pride, you went up into the mountain.

  22. And the king hath hearkened to me to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of all that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

  23. But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks and hearkened not to thy commandments.

  24. And the Lord hardened Pharao's heart, and he hearkened not unto them, as the Lord had spoken to Moses.

  25. And Samuel said to all Israel: Behold I have hearkened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.

  26. And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hearkened not unto the voice of Iahvah its God, and received not correction: Good faith is perished and cut off from their mouth (cf.

  27. Albeit, they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but stiffened their neck against hearkening, and against receiving instruction.

  28. And they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, and they walked individually in the stubbornness of their evil heart.

  29. We have hearkened to the call of Thy Remembrance and obeyed Him.

  30. How often I have hearkened To that high pealing strain Across wild cedar barrens, Under the soft gray rain!

  31. When I have lifted up my heart to thee, Thou hast ever hearkened and drawn near, And bowed thy shining face close over me, Till I could hear thee as the hill-flowers hear.

  32. The sound of his voice was full pleasant to her, and when she hearkened him, how kind and frank it was, then she knew how much of terror was blent with her joy in her newly-won freedom and the delight of the kind and happy words.

  33. Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.

  34. 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.

  35. I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done?

  36. And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

  37. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

  38. But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

  39. O that my people had hearkened unto me!

  40. I was left standing on the floor below, wringing my hands in the dark, and hearkened whither they were leading her, inasmuch as I had not the heart to follow, when Dom.

  41. But I hearkened not unto him, and tore myself from him, and swore that so long as a single vein should beat in my wretched body I would never forsake my child.

  42. I had begun to think that the ears of God had hearkened to our ardent prayers, but it pleased him to try us yet more hardly than ever.

  43. I am sorry I have hearkened to this man's counsel.

  44. O," says he, "that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

  45. They have not hearkened unto My words' (Jer 6:19).

  46. Good boy, Joseph; thy mother has taught thee well, and thou hast hearkened to what she hath said unto thee.

  47. And we were not obedient to him, and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his commandments which he hath given us.

  48. And we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God according to all the words of the prophets whom he sent to us: 1:22.

  49. We have not hearkened to thy servants, the prophets, that have spoken in thy name to our kings, to our princes, to our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

  50. And we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord, our God, to walk in his law, which he set before us by his servants, the prophets.

  51. And we have not hearkened to thy commandments, nor have we observed nor done as thou hadst commanded us, that it might go well with us.

  52. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments: thy peace had been as a river, and thy justice as the waves of the sea, 48:19.

  53. My God will cast them away, because they hearkened not to him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

  54. We shall sleep in our confusion, and our shame shall cover us, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers from our youth even to this day, and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God.

  55. And they would not walk in his ways, and they have not hearkened to his law.

  56. And they murmured in their tents: they hearkened not to the voice of the Lord.

  57. And the Lord hath watched upon the evil, and hath brought it upon us: the Lord, our God, is just in all his works which he hath done: for we have not hearkened to his voice.

  58. But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.

  59. Never before had I hearkened to aught so lovely.

  60. Then she turned her face to the war-dukes, and hearkened to their praise, And she spake in few words sweetly, and blessed their coming days.

  61. But Signy hearkened his word; And long she pondered and said: "What is it my heart hath feared?

  62. And he hearkened a voice and a crying: "The house of Giuki the King, And the Burg of the Niblung people and the heart of their warfaring.

  63. Then he drank of the Cup of the Promise, and all men hearkened and deemed That his speech was great and valiant, and as one of the wise he seemed.

  64. The Queen's first anguish was over, and she scarce spake; but I could see she hearkened well if aught was said in her hearing.

  65. The Queen would have up Robin, and hearkened to his tale while Alice Conan combed her hair, the which she bade bound up at the readiest, to lose not a moment.

  66. I hearkened to ye while I could 'earken no longer.

  67. Nay, to be sure, I stood at back on ye all an' hearkened while my blood boiled.

  68. Ages and ages ago, on distant wind-swept plains their ancestors had hearkened to that hunting-cry, and summoned up their valor and their speed.

  69. We heed it not, we that hearkened for it years ago.

  70. Gladly the growing girl Hearkened to stories of her ancestress Clotilda, boast of France, but weeping turned From legends whispered by her Saxon nurse Of Loke, the Spirit accursed that slanders gods, And Sinna, Queen of Hell.


  71. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hearkened" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.