Proverbs 20:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The hearing ear and the seeing eye–the Lord has made both of them.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Ears to hear and eyes to see— the LORD made them both.

Catholic Public Domain Version

The hearing ear and the seeing eye: the Lord has made them both.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Proverbs 20:12 Cross References

Psalm 119:18

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold Wondrous things out of thy law.

Psalm 94:9

He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?

Exodus 4:11

And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I the LORD?

Proverbs 25:12

As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Isaiah 29:18

And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

1 Corinthians 12:17

If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?