Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.
World Messianic 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 child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
13Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
Cross References
Exodus 4:11The LORD said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, the LORD?
Psalms 119:18Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your Torah.
Acts 26:18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
Ephesians 1:17that the God of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah, the Father of glory, may 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 →