Proverbs 20:12

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The hearing ear and the seeing eye—the Lord has made both of them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 94:9 : 9 Does He who formed the ear not hear? Does He who formed the eye not see?
  • Exod 4:11 : 11 The LORD said to him, 'Who gave human beings their mouths? Or who makes them mute, deaf, seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
  • Ps 119:18 : 18 Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in Your law.
  • Matt 13:13-16 : 13 That is why I speak to them in parables, because although they see, they do not see; and although they hear, they do not hear or understand. 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: 'You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive.' 15 For the heart of this people has grown dull; they can barely hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, turn back to me, and I would heal them. 16 But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
  • Eph 1:17-18 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. 18 I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 94:9
    77%

    9Does He who formed the ear not hear? Does He who formed the eye not see?

  • Isa 42:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18Hear, you deaf! Look, you blind, that you may see!

    19Who is blind but my servant, or deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as my dedicated one, or as blind as the servant of the LORD?

    20You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; your ears are open, but you do not listen.

  • Isa 32:3
    74%

    3The eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen attentively.

  • Job 13:1
    73%

    1Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

  • Job 29:11
    73%

    11For when the ear heard me, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw me, it gave testimony about me.

  • Prov 15:3
    72%

    3The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, watching both the wicked and the good.

  • Prov 20:11
    71%

    11Even a young person is known by their actions—whether their conduct is pure and upright.

  • Prov 22:2
    71%

    2The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the Maker of them all.

  • Job 42:5
    70%

    5My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.

  • Isa 43:8
    70%

    8Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears.

  • Matt 13:16
    70%

    16But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

  • Ps 34:15
    70%

    15Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

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

    16And if the ear should say, 'Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,' it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.

    17If 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?

  • Isa 29:18
    70%

    18On that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

  • Jer 5:21
    69%

    21Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

  • Isa 41:20
    69%

    20so that people may see and know, may consider and understand, that the hand of the Lord has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it.

  • Exod 4:11
    69%

    11The LORD said to him, 'Who gave human beings their mouths? Or who makes them mute, deaf, seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

  • Prov 29:13
    69%

    13The poor and the oppressor meet together; the LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

  • Deut 29:4
    68%

    4I led you for forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes did not wear out on you, and your sandals did not wear out on your feet.

  • Prov 22:12
    68%

    12The eyes of the LORD watch over knowledge, but He overturns the words of the treacherous.

  • Job 10:4
    68%

    4Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as a mortal sees?

  • Job 12:9
    68%

    9"Who among all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?"

  • Job 12:11
    67%

    11"Does not the ear test words as the palate tastes its food?"

  • Job 34:21
    67%

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

  • Prov 20:13
    67%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

  • Prov 16:4
    67%

    4The Lord has made everything for its purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.

  • Matt 13:9
    67%

    9Let anyone who has ears listen.

  • Matt 20:33
    67%

    33They said to him, 'Lord, let our eyes be opened.'

  • Prov 22:9
    67%

    9The generous person will be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

  • Eccl 2:14
    67%

    14The wise have eyes in their heads, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate overtakes them both.

  • Isa 35:5
    67%

    5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

  • Jer 32:19
    67%

    19You are great in counsel and mighty in deeds. Your eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, rewarding each person according to their ways and the fruit of their deeds.

  • Eccl 1:8
    67%

    8All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing.

  • Job 34:3
    67%

    3For the ear tests words as the tongue tastes food.

  • Matt 11:15
    67%

    15He who has ears, let him hear.

  • Prov 15:31
    66%

    31The ear that listens to life-giving correction will dwell among the wise.

  • Ps 119:18
    66%

    18Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in Your law.

  • Isa 11:3
    66%

    3And his delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what his eyes see, nor decide by what his ears hear.

  • Isa 64:4
    66%

    4You meet those who delight in doing righteousness and remember your ways. But when you were angry, we sinned; in our sins we have been for a long time. Can we still be saved?

  • Prov 21:2
    66%

    2Every person's way seems right in their own eyes, but the LORD evaluates the hearts.

  • 1 Cor 12:21
    66%

    21The 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.'

  • Ps 146:8
    66%

    8The LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

  • Ps 135:16-17
    2 verses
    66%

    16They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see.

    17They have ears but cannot hear; there is no breath in their mouths.

  • Ps 115:5-6
    2 verses
    66%

    5They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes but cannot see.

    6They have ears but cannot hear, noses but cannot smell.

  • 1 Pet 3:12
    66%

    12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are attentive to their prayers. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.