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Proverbs 20:12 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Proverbs 20:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Proverbs chapter 20 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.”
Proverbs 20:12 (KJV)
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Commentary on Proverbs 20:12
God's creative sovereignty extends to human faculties. The 'hearing ear and seeing eye' represent our ability to perceive reality and acquire knowledge. These are not products of evolutionary chance but divine craftsmanship. This verse establishes God's ownership of and authority over all human capacity. Our senses are gifts designed to glorify God by rightly perceiving His creation and revelation. Importantly, spiritual perception requires more than physical organs—God must open deaf ears and blind eyes to receive truth (Isaiah 6:9-10). The same God who made physical ears and eyes must grant ...
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Cross-References for Proverbs 20:12
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“because seeing they don't see”
“won't he hear? He who formed the eye”
“that I may see wondrous things out of your law.”
“Who made man's mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn't it I, Yahweh?,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?, וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלָיו מִי שָׂם פֶּה לָאָדָם אוֹ מִי־יָשׂוּם אִלֵּם אוֹ חֵרֵשׁ אוֹ פִקֵּחַ אוֹ עִוֵּר הֲלֹא אָנֹכִי יְהוָה׃ ,And the LORD said unto him: Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh a man dumb”
“the Father of glory”
“that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God”