Proverbs 20:12

Foolproof Instructions

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Even a boy is known and distinguished by his acts,
Whether his conduct is pure and right.
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The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
The [omnipotent] Lord has made both of them.
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Do not love [excessive] sleep, or you will become poor;
Open your eyes [so that you can do your work] and you will be satisfied with bread.

Ears to Hear

From the Lord

Jehovah

Psalm 94:9

He who made the ear, does He not hear?
He who formed the eye, does He not see?

Exodus 4:11

The Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, or the seeing or the blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

Psalm 119:18

Open my eyes [to spiritual truth] so that I may behold
Wonderful things from Your law.

Matthew 13:13-16

This is the reason I speak to the crowds in parables: because while [having the power of] seeing they do not see, and while [having the power of] hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand and grasp [spiritual things].

Acts 26:18

to open their [spiritual] eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness and release from their sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified (set apart, made holy) by faith in Me.’

Ephesians 1:17-18

[I always pray] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may grant you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation [that gives you a deep and personal and intimate insight] into the true knowledge of Him [for we know the Father through the Son].