Proverbs 20:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 94:9 : 9 Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
  • Exod 4:11 : 11 And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
  • Ps 119:18 : 18 Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.
  • Matt 13:13-16 : 13 For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them. 14 And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you: 15 For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well. 16 But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
  • Eph 1:17-18 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; 18 And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 94:9
    77%

    9 Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?

  • Isa 42:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18 Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.

    19 Who is blind, but my servant? who has his ears stopped, but he whom I send? who is blind as my true one, or who has his ears shut like the Lord's servant?

    20 Seeing much, but keeping nothing in mind; his ears are open, but there is no hearing.

  • Isa 32:3
    74%

    3 And the eyes of those who see will not be shut, and those who have hearing will give ear to the word.

  • Job 13:1
    73%

    1 Truly, my eye has seen all this, word of it has come to my ear, and I have knowledge of it.

  • Job 29:11
    73%

    11 For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

  • Prov 15:3
    72%

    3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

  • Prov 20:11
    71%

    11 Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.

  • Prov 22:2
    71%

    2 The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.

  • Job 42:5
    70%

    5 Word of you had come to my ears, but now my eye has seen you.

  • Isa 43:8
    70%

    8 Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut.

  • Matt 13:16
    70%

    16 But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.

  • Ps 34:15
    70%

    15 The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

  • 1 Cor 12:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16 And if the ear says, Because I am not the eye, I am not a part of the body; it is a part of the body all the same.

    17 If all the body was an eye, where would be the hearing? if all was hearing, where would be the smelling?

  • Isa 29:18
    70%

    18 And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.

  • Jer 5:21
    69%

    21 Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:

  • Isa 41:20
    69%

    20 So that they may see and be wise and give their mind to it, and that it may be clear to them all that the hand of the Lord has done this, and that the Holy One of Israel has made it.

  • Exod 4:11
    69%

    11 And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? who takes away a man's voice or hearing, or makes him seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

  • Prov 29:13
    69%

    13 The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.

  • Deut 29:4
    68%

    4 But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears.

  • Prov 22:12
    68%

    12 The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

  • Job 10:4
    68%

    4 Have you eyes of flesh, or do you see as man sees?

  • Job 12:9
    68%

    9 Who does not see by all these that the hand of the Lord has done this?

  • Job 12:11
    67%

    11 Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?

  • Job 34:21
    67%

    21 For his eyes are on the ways of a man, and he sees all his steps.

  • Prov 20:13
    67%

    13 Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.

  • Prov 16:4
    67%

    4 The Lord has made everything for his purpose, even the sinner for the day of evil.

  • Matt 13:9
    67%

    9 He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Matt 20:33
    67%

    33 They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be open.

  • Prov 22:9
    67%

    9 He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • Eccl 2:14
    67%

    14 The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

  • Isa 35:5
    67%

    5 Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.

  • Jer 32:19
    67%

    19 Great in wisdom and strong in act: whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone the reward of his ways and the fruit of his doings:

  • Eccl 1:8
    67%

    8 All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.

  • Job 34:3
    67%

    3 For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.

  • Matt 11:15
    67%

    15 He who has ears, let him give ear.

  • Prov 15:31
    66%

    31 The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

  • Ps 119:18
    66%

    18 Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.

  • Isa 11:3
    66%

    3 And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears:

  • Isa 64:4
    66%

    4 Will you not have mercy on him who takes pleasure in doing righteousness, even on those who keep in mind your ways? Truly you were angry, and we went on doing evil, and sinning against you in the past.

  • Prov 21:2
    66%

    2 Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

  • 1 Cor 12:21
    66%

    21 And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need of you: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

  • Ps 146:8
    66%

    8 The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

  • Ps 135:16-17
    2 verses
    66%

    16 They have mouths, but no voice, they have eyes, but they do not see;

    17 They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no breath in their mouths.

  • Ps 115:5-6
    2 verses
    66%

    5 They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not;

    6 They have ears, but no hearing; they have noses, but no sense of smell;

  • 1 Pet 3:12
    66%

    12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.