Proverbs 20:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The ear that hears and the eye that sees– the LORD has made them both.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 94:9 : 9 Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see?
  • Exod 4:11 : 11 The LORD said to him,“Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
  • Ps 119:18 : 18 Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law!
  • Matt 13:13-16 : 13 For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand. 14 And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says:‘You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend. 15 For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’ 16 “But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
  • Eph 1:17-18 : 17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him, 18 – since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened– so that you can know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 94:9
    77%

    9Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see?

  • Isa 42:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18The Lord Reasons with His People“Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones!

    19My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the LORD, is truly blind.

    20You see many things, but don’t comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear.”

  • Isa 32:3
    74%

    3Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.

  • Job 13:1
    73%

    1Job Pleads His Cause to God“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

  • Job 29:11
    73%

    11Job’s Benevolence“As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,

  • Prov 15:3
    72%

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

  • Prov 20:11
    71%

    11Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right.

  • Prov 22:2
    71%

    2The rich and the poor are met together; the LORD is the Creator of them both.

  • Job 42:5
    70%

    5I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.

  • Isa 43:8
    70%

    8The Lord Declares His Sovereignty Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears!

  • Matt 13:16
    70%

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

  • Ps 34:15
    70%

    15The LORD pays attention to the godly and hears their cry for help.

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

    16And if the ear says,“Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

    17If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell?

  • Isa 29:18
    70%

    18At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.

  • Jer 5:21
    69%

    21Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:

  • Isa 41:20
    69%

    20I will do this so people will observe and recognize, so they will pay attention and understand that the LORD’s power has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being.”

  • Exod 4:11
    69%

    11The LORD said to him,“Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

  • Prov 29:13
    69%

    13The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the LORD gives light to the eyes of them both.

  • Deut 29:4
    68%

    4But to this very day the LORD has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!

  • Prov 22:12
    68%

    12The eyes of the LORD watched over a cause, and subverted the words of the treacherous person.

  • Job 10:4
    68%

    4Motivations of God“Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human being sees?

  • Job 12:9
    68%

    9Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this,

  • Job 12:11
    67%

    11Does not the ear test words, as the tongue tastes food?

  • Job 34:21
    67%

    21For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person’s steps.

  • Prov 20:13
    67%

    13Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.

  • Prov 16:4
    67%

    4The LORD has worked everything for his own ends– even the wicked for the day of disaster.

  • Matt 13:9
    67%

    9The one who has ears had better listen!”

  • Matt 20:33
    67%

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

  • Prov 22:9
    67%

    9A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.

  • Eccl 2:14
    67%

    14The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

  • Isa 35:5
    67%

    5Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.

  • Jer 32:19
    67%

    19You plan great things and you do mighty deeds. You see everything people do. You reward each of them for the way they live and for the things they do.

  • Eccl 1:8
    67%

    8All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.

  • Job 34:3
    67%

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

  • Matt 11:15
    67%

    15The one who has ears had better listen!

  • Prov 15:31
    66%

    31The person who hears the reproof that leads to life is at home among the wise.

  • Ps 119:18
    66%

    18Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law!

  • Isa 11:3
    66%

    3He will take delight in obeying the LORD. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.

  • Isa 64:4
    66%

    4Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait for him.

  • Prov 21:2
    66%

    2All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates his thoughts.

  • 1 Cor 12:21
    66%

    21The eye cannot say to the hand,“I do not need you,” nor in turn can the head say to the foot,“I do not need you.”

  • Ps 146:8
    66%

    8The LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up all who are bent over. The LORD loves the godly.

  • Ps 135:16-17
    2 verses
    66%

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

    17and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.

  • Ps 115:5-6
    2 verses
    66%

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

    6ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell,

  • 1 Pet 3:12
    66%

    12For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the Lord’s face is against those who do evil.