hed: This word, in the sense of giving careful attention ("take heed," "give heed," etc.), represents several Hebrew and Greek words; chief among them shamar, "to watch"; blepo, "to look," horao, "to see." As opposed to thoughtlessness, disregard of God's words, of the counsels of wisdom, of care for one's ways, it is constantly inculcated as a duty of supreme importance in the moral and spiritual life (De 4:9,15,23;27:9the King James Version, etc.;Jos 22:5;23:11;Ps 39:1;Mt 16:6;Mr 4:24;13:33;Lu 12:15;1Co 3:10;8:9;10:12;Col 4:17).
James Orr