Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt have bread in plenty.
Cross References
Exodus 4:11And 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?
Psalms 119:18Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law.
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 →