Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
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Referenced Verses
- Ps 94:9 : 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
- Exod 4:11 : 11 And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh [a man] dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?
- Ps 119:18 : 18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.
- Matt 13:13-16 : 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 14 And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them. 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
- Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.
- Eph 1:17-18 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; 18 having the eyes of your heart enlightened, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
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9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
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18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I send? who is blind as he that is at peace [with me], and blind as Jehovah's servant?
20 Thou seest many things, but thou observest not; his ears are open, but he heareth not.
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3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
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1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], Mine ear hath heard and understood it.
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11 For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness unto me:
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3 The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, Keeping watch upon the evil and the good.
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11 Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
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2 The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
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5 I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:
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8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.
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16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
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15 The eyes of Jehovah are toward the righteous, And his ears are [open] unto their cry.
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16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; it is not therefore not of the body.
17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
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18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.
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21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:
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20 that they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of Jehovah hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
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11 And Jehovah said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? Or who maketh [a man] dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I, Jehovah?
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13 The poor man and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.
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4 but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.
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12 The eyes of Jehovah preserve [him that hath] knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
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4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?
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9 Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,
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11 Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?
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21 For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, And he seeth all his goings.
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13 Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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4 Jehovah hath made everything for its own end; Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
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9 He that hath ears, let him hear.
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33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
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9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
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14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
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5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
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19 great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
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8 All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter [it] : the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
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3 For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.
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15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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31 The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.
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18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.
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3 And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;
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4 For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God besides thee, who worketh for him that waiteth for him.
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2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.
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21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
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8 Jehovah openeth [the eyes of] the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;
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16 They have mouths, but they speak not; Eyes have they, but they see not;
17 They have ears, but they hear not; Neither is there any breath in their mouths.
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5 They have mouths, but they speak not; Eyes have they, but they see not;
6 They have ears, but they hear not; Noses have they, but they smell not;
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12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears unto their supplication: But the face of the Lord is upon them that do evil.