Proverbs 20:12 · KJV
“The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.”
— Proverbs 20:12
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work {be} pure, and whether {it be} right.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, {and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 20 — Context
Divers weights, {and} divers measures, both of them {are} alike abomination to the LORD. {Divers weights: Heb. A stone and a stone} {divers measures: Heb. an ephah and an ephah}
11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work {be} pure, and whether {it be} right.
12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, {and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14{It is} naught, {it is} naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Cross References
Matthew 13:13-16
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. {Open: Heb. Reveal}
Exodus 4:11
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?
Ephesians 1:17-18
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: {in...: or, for the acknowledgement}
Acts 26:18
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.