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Proverbs 20:12 KJV

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.

Proverbs 20:12, King James Version

In context

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

12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.

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

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Cross-references

  • Matthew 13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
  • Psalms 94:9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
  • Psalms 119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.