21 Bible Verses about Ears

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Psalm 40:6

You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.

Leviticus 8:23

And he put it to death; and Moses took some of the blood and put it on the point of Aaron's right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot.

Psalm 28:1

My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

Isaiah 55:3

Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.

Proverbs 18:15

The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

Deuteronomy 29:4

But even to this day the Lord has not given you a mind open to knowledge, or seeing eyes or hearing ears.

Psalm 58:4

Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

Matthew 13:15

For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

Psalm 58:4-5

Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut; Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers.

Jeremiah 7:23

But this was the order I gave them, saying, Give ear to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people: go in all the way ordered by me, so that all may be well for you.

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them;

Isaiah 64:4

The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.

Matthew 13:16-17

But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open. For truly, I say to you that prophets and upright men had a desire to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to have knowledge of the words which have come to your ears, and they had it not.

Mark 7:35

And his ears became open, and the band of his tongue was made loose, and his words became clear.

2 Corinthians 12:4

How he was taken up into Paradise, and words came to his ears which may not be said, and which man is not able to say.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But as it says in the holy Writings, Things which the eye saw not, and which had not come to the ears or into the heart of man, such things as God has made ready for those who have love for him.

Exodus 21:6

Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.

Exodus 29:20

You are to put the sheep to death, and take some of its blood and put it on the point of Aaron's right ear, and of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and the great toes of their right feet, dropping the rest of the blood on the sides of the altar.

Revelation 3:22

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.

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ears » Christ opens

Isaiah 43:8

Send out the blind people who have eyes, and those who have ears, but they are shut.

Isaiah 43:10

You are my witnesses, says the Lord, and my servant whom I have taken for myself: so that you may see and have faith in me, and that it may be clear to you that I am he; before me there was no God formed, and there will not be after me.

ears » Should » Hear and obey reproof

Proverbs 15:31

The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

ears » Of servants who refused to leave their masters, bored to the door

Exodus 21:6

Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.

Deuteronomy 15:17

Then take a sharp-pointed instrument, driving it through his ear into the door, and he will be your servant for ever. And you may do the same for your servant-girl.

ears » Of the wicked » Not inclined to hear God

Jeremiah 35:15

And I have sent you all my servants the prophets, getting up early and sending them, saying, Come back, now, every man from his evil way, and do better, and go not after other gods to become their servants, and you will go on living in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but your ears have not been open, and you have not given attention to me.

Jeremiah 7:24

But they took no note and did not give ear, but were guided by the thoughts and the pride of their evil hearts, going back and not forward.

ears » Blood put on the right ear of » Priests at consecration

Exodus 29:20

You are to put the sheep to death, and take some of its blood and put it on the point of Aaron's right ear, and of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and the great toes of their right feet, dropping the rest of the blood on the sides of the altar.

Leviticus 8:23

And he put it to death; and Moses took some of the blood and put it on the point of Aaron's right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot.

ears » That hears and receives the word of God, blessed

Exodus 15:26

And he said, If with all your heart you will give attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his eyes, giving ear to his orders and keeping his laws, I will not put on you any of the diseases which I put on the Egyptians: for I am the Lord your life-giver.

ears » Of the wicked » Stopped against God's word

Psalm 58:4

Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;

ears » God » Judicially closes

Isaiah 6:10

Make the hearts of this people fat, and let their ears be stopped, and their eyes shut; for fear that they may see with their eyes, and be hearing with their ears, and their heart may become wise, and they may be turned to me and made well.

Matthew 13:15

For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.

ears » Often adorned with rings

Ezekiel 16:12

And I put a ring in your nose and ear-rings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head.

Hosea 2:13

And I will give her punishment for the days of the Baals, to whom she has been burning perfumes, when she made herself fair with her nose-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, giving no thought to me, says the Lord.

ears » Of the wicked » Uncircumcised

Jeremiah 6:10

To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.

ears » God » Opens

Job 36:10

Their ear is open to his teaching, and he gives them orders so that their hearts may be turned from evil.

Job 33:16

Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;

ears » The organ of hearing

Job 13:1

Truly, my eye has seen all this, word of it has come to my ear, and I have knowledge of it.

Job 29:11

For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

ears » Not satisfied with earthly things

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.

ears » Blood put on the right ear of » The healed leper in cleansing him

Leviticus 14:14

And let the priest take some of the blood of the offering for wrongdoing and put it on the point of the right ear of him who is to be made clean, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot;

ears » Should » Seek knowledge

Proverbs 18:15

The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

ears » God » Made

ears » Not to be stopped at cry of the poor

ears » Of the wicked » Turned away from God's law

ears » Of the wicked » Itching

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time will come when they will not take the true teaching; but, moved by their desires, they will get for themselves a great number of teachers for the pleasure of hearing them;

ears » Should » Receive the word of God

Jeremiah 9:20

But even now, give ear to the word of the Lord, O you women; let your ears be open to the word of his mouth, training your daughters to give cries of sorrow, everyone teaching her neighbour a song of grief.

ears » Should » Be bowed down to instructions

Proverbs 5:1

My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

ears » Should » Be inclined to wisdom

Proverbs 2:2

So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;

ears » Instruction received through

Isaiah 30:21

And at your back, when you are turning to the right hand or to the left, a voice will be sounding in your ears, saying, This is the way in which you are to go.

ears » Should » Be given to the law of God

Isaiah 1:10

Give ear to the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; let your hearts be turned to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

ears » God » Planted

Psalm 94:9

Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?

ears » Capable of trying and distinguishing words

Job 12:11

Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?

Hearing » ears

Job 34:2-3

Give ear, you wise, to my words; and you who have knowledge, give attention to me; For words are tested by the ear, as food is tasted by the mouth.

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