Proverbs 20:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.”
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BSBPD
“Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Proverbs 20:12 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 4:11And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
- Psalms 94:9He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?
- Psalms 119:18Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
- Matthew 13:13This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’
- Acts 26:18to 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 an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’
- 1 Corinthians 12:17If 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?
- Ephesians 1:17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
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