'Deaf' in the Bible
The Lord said to him, "Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person. You must fear your God; I am the Lord.
But I am like a deaf man -- I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak.
Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear,
Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed."
At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.
My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the Lord, is truly blind.
Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears!
Look, the Lord's hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you.
Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength, they will put their hands over their mouths, and act as if they were deaf.
The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.
They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him.
People were completely astounded and said, "He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."
Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again."
So he answered them, "Go tell John what you have seen and heard: The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them.