Proverbs 20:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made both of them.

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  • 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 to him, Who has made man's mouth? or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD?
  • Ps 119:18 : 18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
  • Matt 13:13-16 : 13 This is why I speak to them in parables: Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: By hearing, you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing, you shall see and shall not perceive. 15 For this people's heart has become callous; they hardly 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, and turn, 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, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who 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 to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 94:9
    77%

    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, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see.

    19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger whom I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant?

    20 Seeing many things, but you do not observe; opening the ears, but he does not hear.

  • Isa 32:3
    74%

    3 And the eyes of those who see shall not be dim, and the ears of those who hear shall listen.

  • Job 13:1
    73%

    1 Look, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.

  • Job 29:11
    73%

    11 When the ear heard me, it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it approved me;

  • Prov 15:3
    72%

    3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, watching the evil and the good.

  • Prov 20:11
    71%

    11 Even a child is known by his deeds, whether his work is pure and 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 You by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees You.

  • Isa 43:8
    70%

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

  • Matt 13:16
    70%

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

  • Ps 34:15
    70%

    15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, 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 of the body, is it therefore not of the body?

    17 If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be 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; who have eyes, and see not; who 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 has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.

  • Exod 4:11
    69%

    11 And the LORD said to him, Who has made man's mouth? or who makes the mute, the deaf, 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 gives light to both their eyes.

  • Deut 29:4
    68%

    4 Yet the LORD has not given you a heart to understand, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

  • Prov 22:12
    68%

    12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and He overthrows the words of the transgressor.

  • Job 10:4
    68%

    4 Do You have eyes of flesh? Or do You see as man sees?

  • Job 12:9
    68%

    9 Who does not know in all these that the hand of the LORD has wrought this?

  • Job 12:11
    67%

    11 Does not the ear test words? and the mouth taste its food?

  • Job 34:21
    67%

    21 For His eyes are upon the ways of man, and He sees all his goings.

  • Prov 20:13
    67%

    13 Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

  • Prov 16:4
    67%

    4 The LORD has made all things for Himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of disaster.

  • Matt 13:9
    67%

    9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Matt 20:33
    67%

    33 They said to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

  • Prov 22:9
    67%

    9 He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, 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 fool walks in darkness. Yet I myself perceived that the same event happens to them all.

  • 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%

    19 Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for your eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give to everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

  • Eccl 1:8
    67%

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

  • Job 34:3
    67%

    3 For the ear tries words as the mouth tastes food.

  • Matt 11:15
    67%

    15 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

  • Prov 15:31
    66%

    31 The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.

  • Ps 119:18
    66%

    18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

  • Isa 11:3
    66%

    3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge by what his eyes see, nor reprove by what his ears hear:

  • Isa 64:4
    66%

    4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, besides you, what you have prepared for him who waits for you.

  • Prov 21:2
    66%

    2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

  • 1 Cor 12:21
    66%

    21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you; nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.

  • Ps 146:8
    66%

    8 The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; the LORD raises those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous:

  • Ps 135:16-17
    2 verses
    66%

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

    17 They have ears, but they do not hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

  • Ps 115:5-6
    2 verses
    66%

    5 They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes they have, but they do not see;

    6 They have ears, but they do not hear; noses they have, but they do not smell;

  • 1 Pet 3:12
    66%

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