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Proverbs 20:12 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 20 · verse 12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.Proverbs 20:12 · King James Version
Proverbs 20:12 in context
10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
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Key words (Strong's)
- hearingshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- seeingrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- madeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- earʼôzenbroadnessH241 →
- eyeʻayinan eyeH5869 →
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Note, 1. God is the God of nature, and all the powers and faculties of nature are derived from him and depend upon him, and therefore are to be employed for him. It was he that formed the eye and planted the ear (Psa 94:9), and the structure of both is admirable; and it is he that preserves to us the use of both;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary