Proverbs 20:12
Ears that hear and eyes that see— 1 Yahweh made them both. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 youth is known by his actions, 1 by whether his conduct is pure and upright. 1
13Do not love sleep or you will come to poverty; 1 open your eyes and you will have plenty to eat. 1
Cross References
Exodus 4:11Yahweh said to him, “Who is it who made man's mouth? Who makes a man mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, Yahweh?
Psalms 119:18Open my eyes so that I may see 1 marvelous things in your law. 1
Acts 26:18to open their eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive from God the forgiveness of sins and the inheritance that I give to them who are sanctified by faith in me.'
Ephesians 1:17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, will give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the 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 →