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Proverbs 20:12

The hearing ozen, and the seeing ayin, 1 Hashem hath made even both of them. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11Even a na'ar (child) is known by his ways, 1 whether his conduct be pure, and whether it be yashar (right). 1

13Love not sheynah (sleep), lest thou come to poverty; 1 open thine eynayim, and thou shalt have enough lechem. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 4:11And Hashem said unto him, Who hath made manʼs peh (mouth)? Or who maketh dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, Hashem?

Psalms 119:18Open Thou mine eyes, 1 that I may behold nifla'ot out of Thy torah. 1

Acts 26:18To open their eyes, to turn them from choshech to ohr and from the samchut of HaSatan to Hashem, that they receive selichat avon and nachalah among the ones having been set apart in kedushah by emunah in me. + 26:18 Isa 35:5; Ps 18:28; Isa 42:7,16

Ephesians 1:17That Hashem of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Adoneinu Yehoshua, the Avi Hakavod, may give to you a ruach of chochmah and hisgalus (revelation) in the da'as (knowledge) of Moshiach. + 1:17 Ex 28:3; Isa 11:2

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 →

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