Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, LORD has made even both of them.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
In Context
11Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Cross References
Exodus 4:11And LORD said to him, Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes [a man] dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, LORD?
Psalms 119:18Open thou my eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Acts 26:18to open their eyes to turn about from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, for them to receive remission of sins and a lot among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.
Ephesians 1:17So that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in knowledge of him,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:12
11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. The tree is known by its fruits, a man by his doings, even a young tree by its first fruits, a child by his childish things, whether his work be clean only, appearing good (the word is used ch. xvi. 2 ), or whether it be right, that is, really good. This intimates, 1. That children will discover themselves. One may soon see what their temper is, and which way their inclination leads them, according as their constitution is.… Read the whole commentary →