Verse 17

If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 9:9 : 9 (Formerly in Israel, when people went to inquire of God, they would say, "Come, let us go to the seer," because the prophet of today used to be called a seer.)
  • Ps 94:9 : 9 Does He who formed the ear not hear? Does He who formed the eye not see?
  • Ps 139:13-16 : 13 For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. 15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be.
  • Prov 20:12 : 12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye—the Lord has made both of them.
  • 1 Cor 12:21 : 21 The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need of you,' nor can the head say to the feet, 'I have no need of you.'
  • 1 Cor 12:29 : 29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles?