Proverbs 20:12
The Lord made our ears to hear and our eyes to see.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
In Context
11Even children reveal what they're like by what they do, whether their actions are good and right.
13If you love sleeping you'll become poor. Wake up and get busy, and you'll have plenty to eat.
Cross References
Exodus 4:11“Who gave people mouths?” the Lord asked him. “Who makes people deaf or dumb, able to see or blind? It's I, the Lord, who does that.
Psalms 119:18Open my eyes so I may discover wonderful things in your law.
Acts 26:18to open their eyes so they can turn from darkness to light, from the power of Satan to God, and so they can receive forgiveness for their sins and a place with those who are set right as they trust in me.’
Ephesians 1:17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom to see and know him as he really is.
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 →