Proverbs 20:12

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD 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 the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
  • 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 they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.› 14 ‹And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:› 15 ‹For this people's heart is waxed gross, and› [their] ‹ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with› [their] ‹eyes, and hear with› [their] ‹ears, and should understand with› [their] ‹heart, and should be converted, 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,› [and] ‹to turn› [them] ‹from darkness to light, and› [from] ‹the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.›
  • Eph 1:17-18 : 17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and 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?

  • Isa 42:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    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 sent? who [is] blind as [he that is] perfect, and blind as the LORD'S servant?

    20 Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not.

  • Isa 32:3
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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.

  • Job 13:1
    73%

    1 ¶ Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], mine ear hath heard and understood it.

  • Job 29:11
    73%

    11 When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:

  • Prov 15:3
    72%

    3 ¶ The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

  • Prov 20:11
    71%

    11 ¶ Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.

  • Prov 22:2
    71%

    2 ¶ The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.

  • Job 42:5
    70%

    5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

  • Isa 43:8
    70%

    8 ¶ Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

  • Matt 13:16
    70%

    16 ‹But blessed› [are] ‹your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.›

  • Ps 34:15
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    15 The eyes of the LORD [are] upon the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their cry.

  • 1 Cor 12:16-17
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    70%

    16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it 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?

  • Isa 29:18
    70%

    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.

  • Jer 5:21
    69%

    21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

  • Isa 41:20
    69%

    20 That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

  • Exod 4:11
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    11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?

  • Prov 29:13
    69%

    13 ¶ The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

  • Deut 29:4
    68%

    4 Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

  • Prov 22:12
    68%

    12 ¶ The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

  • Job 10:4
    68%

    4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

  • Job 12:9
    68%

    9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?

  • Job 12:11
    67%

    11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?

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    21 For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

  • Prov 20:13
    67%

    13 ¶ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

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    4 ¶ The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

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    9 ‹Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.›

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  • Prov 22:9
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  • Isa 35:5
    67%

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

  • Jer 32:19
    67%

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  • Eccl 1:8
    67%

    8 All things [are] full of labour; man cannot utter [it]: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

  • Job 34:3
    67%

    3 For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.

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    67%

    15 ‹He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.›

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    66%

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    66%

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    66%

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    66%

    4 For since the beginning of the world [men] have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, [what] he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

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    66%

    2 ¶ Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

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    66%

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    66%

    8 The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

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    2 verses
    66%

    16 They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;

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  • Ps 115:5-6
    2 verses
    66%

    5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

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  • 1 Pet 3:12
    66%

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