'Ears' in the Bible

So they handed over to Jacob all their foreign gods on which they had been depending, along with the rings that they were wearing on their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak that grew near Shechem.

After he had fallen back to sleep, he had a second dream, in which seven ears of plump, fruit-filled grain grew up on a single stalk.

Suddenly seven thin ears of grain that had been scorched by an east wind sprouted up right after them

and ate up the seven plump, fruit-filled ears. Then Pharaoh woke up a second time, and it had been a very vivid dream!

Later, I also dreamed about seven plump, fruit-filled ears of grain that grew up out of a single stalk.

All of a sudden, seven thin, withered ears of grain, scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.

But the thin ears gobbled up the seven good ears. I told all this to my advisors, but nobody was able to explain it to me."

The seven healthy cows represent seven years, as do the seven healthy ears. The dreams are identical.

The seven gaunt cows that arose after the healthy cows are seven years, as are the seven gaunt ears scorched by the east wind. There will be seven years of famine.

You are to slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear, the lobe of his sons' right ears, the thumbs of their right hands, and the big toes of their right feet. Then you are to scatter the rest of the blood around the altar.

Aaron told them, "Tear off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters and bring them to me."

All the people tore off the gold rings that were in their ears and brought them to him.

So tell them that as long as I live consider this to be an oracle from the LORD as certainly as you've spoken right into my ears, that's how I'm going to treat you.

Yet to this day, the LORD hasn't given you a heart that understands, eyes that perceive, and ears that discern.

Listen, you kings! Turn your ears to me, you rulers! As for me, to the LORD I will sing! I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.

"Look," the LORD told Samuel. "I'm about to do something in Israel that will make both ears of anyone who hears it tingle.

Samuel said, "Then what is this bleating of sheep in my ears and the lowing of cattle that I hear?"

And therefore you are great, Lord GOD, there is no one like you, there is no God except for you, just as we've heard with our own ears.

Later on, a man arrived from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God some bread as a first fruit offering. He had 20 loaves of barley and ripe ears of corn in his sack. So Elisha said, "Give them to the people so they can eat."

Because of your rage against me, your complacency has reached my ears. I'll put my hook into your nostrils and my bit into your mouth. Then I'll turn you back on the road by which you came.'

therefore this is what the LORD God of Israel says: "Look! I'm going to bring such a disaster to Jerusalem and Judah that both ears of those who hear about it will ring.

"And now, my God, please let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers that are uttered in this place.

"Now therefore my eyes will remain open and my ears will remain listening to the prayers that are offered in this place.

Pay attention to what I have to say and listen to my testimony with your own ears."

Terrifying sounds ring in his ears; when times are prosperous, the Destroyer will attack him.

He opens their ears and instructs them, commanding them to repent from evil.

He'll deliver the afflicted through their afflictions and open their ears when they are oppressed."

I've heard you with my ears; and now I've seen you with my eyes.

In my distress I cried to the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his Temple he heard my voice; my cry reached his ears.

You take no delight in sacrifices and offerings you have prepared my ears to listen you require no burnt offerings or sacrifices for sin.

God, we heard it with our ears; our ancestors told us about what you did in their day a long time ago.

Their venom is like a poisonous snake; even like a deaf serpent that shuts its ears,

My eyes gloated over those who lie in wait for me; when those of evil intent attack me, my ears will hear.

They have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell.

Lord, listen to my voice; let your ears pay attention to what I ask of you!

ears are attributed to them, but they do not hear, and there is no breath in their mouths.

The mind of a discerning person gains knowledge, while the ears of wise people seek out knowledge.

Picking up a dog by the ears that's what someone is like who meddles in another's fight.

Dull the mind of this people, deafen their ears, and blind their eyes. By doing so, they won't see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their minds, turn back, and be healed."

His delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He won't judge by what his eyes see, nor decide disputes by what his ears hear,

it will be as if harvesters gather standing grain, reaping the ears by hand, or it will be as if grain is harvested in the valley of Rephaim.

And whether you turn to the right or turn to the left, your ears will hear a message behind you: "This is the way, walk in it."

Then the eyes of those who can see won't turn away, and the ears of those who can hear will listen.

The one who walks righteously and has spoken sincere words, who rejects gain from extortion and waves his hand, rejecting bribes, who blocks his ears from hearing plots of murder and shuts his eyes against seeing evil

"Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf unblocked;

Your insolence has reached my ears, so I'll put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I'll make you turn back on the road by which you came.

You've seen many things, but you pay no attention. His ears are open, but he doesn't listen.

"Bring out the people who are blind, yet still have eyes, who are deaf, yet still have ears!

My Lord GOD has opened my ears, and I did not rebel; I did not shrink back.

"See, the LORD's hand is not too short to save, nor are his ears too dull to hear.

"Hear this, you foolish and stupid people: They have eyes, but don't see; they have ears, but don't hear.

To whom will I speak and give a warning so they'll listen? Look, their ears are closed, and they cannot hear. Look, this message from the LORD is contemptible to them; they don't delight in it.

""This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: "I'm about to bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears of all who hear about it tingle. For they have forsaken me and have treated this place as foreign. In it they have burned incense to other gods that neither they, their ancestors, nor the kings of Judah knew. They have also filled this place with the blood of innocent people.

Again and again, the LORD sent all his servants, the prophets, to you, but you wouldn't listen or even turn your ears in my direction to hear.

The priests and prophets told the officials and all the people, "A death sentence for this man, because he prophesied against this city, as you heard with your own ears!"

I'm going to deal with them in rage and anger. I'll show neither pity nor compassion. They'll cry loudly directly in my ears, but I won't listen to them."

Then the Spirit shouted right in my ears with a loud voice! "Come forward," he said, "you executioners of the city, and bring your weapon of destruction in your hand!"

"Son of Man, you live in a rebellious house that has eyes to see, but they can't see, and ears to hear, but they can't hear, since they're a rebellious house.

I put a ring in your nose, earrings in your ears, and a crown encrusted with jewels on your head.

I'll expend my jealousy on you so they'll deal with you in anger. They'll cut off your noses and your ears. Your survivors will die violently. They'll take your sons and daughters away from you, but your survivors will be incinerated.

The nations will look on and will be ashamed in spite of all their power; they will cup their hands over their mouths, and their ears will be deaf.