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Thematic Bible






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


Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short
That it cannot save;
Nor is His ear so dull
That it cannot hear.

In my distress I called upon the Lord,
Yes, I cried to my God;
And from His temple He heard my voice,
And my cry for help came into His ears.




Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired;
My ears You have opened;
Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

The mind of the prudent acquires knowledge,
And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.


He who has ears to hear, let him hear.


Behold, you are to them like a sensual song by one who has a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; for they hear your words but they do not practice them.


For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was.


When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.


Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.


But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”


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