40 occurrences in 13 translations

'Ears' in the Bible

head wraps (turbans), [short, jingling] ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets (charms),

Verse ConceptsChainsOintmentDressBreaking Chainsmagicjewelry

In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

Verse ConceptsEmpty PlacesGod Swearing Harm

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

Verse ConceptsConvincingHardened HeartsHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedRepentance, Importance OfSpiritual DeafnessShutting SecurelyDefective VisionBeing Without UnderstandingFeelingNo HealingUnhearing

And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfLeaders, PoliticalSpirit Of ChristAppearancesChrist JudgingMaking DecisionsFearing Godrumors

And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsBinding cornArmsHarvestSicklesGleaningReaping

For this cause I am full of bitter grief; pains like the pains of a woman in childbirth have come on me: I am bent down with sorrow at what comes to my ears; I am shocked by what I see.

Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyBodyPunishment, Nature OfLabour Pains

And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfGod Not Forgiving

And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessDarkness, Deliverance FromEyes, Used In PropheciesThe Deaf HearingHealing Of The Blind

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

Verse ConceptsGuardiansGuidance, God's Promises OfOrthodoxy, In OtHoly Spirit, Types OfChanging DirectionLearning The Right WayThe Faculty Of HearingForksguidance

And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

Verse ConceptsEyes OpenedBlindingOther Blinding

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

Verse ConceptsAcceptance Of BribesEyes, GuardedBeing FairFinancial AdviceAvoiding Bribes

Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

Verse ConceptsLanguages

See, I will put a spirit into him, and bad news will come to his ears, and he will go back to his land; and there I will have him put to death.

Verse ConceptsRumoursSpirit, Emotional Aspects OfKilling Will Happenrumors

So the Rab-shakeh went back, and when he got there the king of Assyria was making war against Libnah: for it had come to his ears that the king of Assyria had gone away from Lachish.

No doubt the story has come to your ears of what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, putting them to the curse: and will you be kept safe from their fate?

Verse ConceptsBad NewsNot SparingPeople Destroying Foreign Nations

Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, The prayer you have made to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, has come to my ears.

Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

Verse ConceptsGuidance, God's Promises OfHistoryDestruction Of CitiesHearing About GodGod Planning Of OldGod's Plans

Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

Verse ConceptsTumultHorsesNoses

Go to Hezekiah, and say, The Lord, the God of David, your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping: see, I will give you fifteen more years of life.

Verse ConceptsAdding Blessing15 To 20 YearsGod Answered PrayerGod Paid Attention To MeRecoveryIllnesshealthcare

Have you no knowledge of it? has it not come to your ears? has not news of it been given to you from the first? has it not been clear to you from the time when the earth was placed on its base?

Verse ConceptsBeginningUnderstandingHearing About GodFrom The Beginninga new beginningpotential

He will make no cry, his voice will not be loud: his words will not come to men's ears in the streets.

Verse ConceptsVoicesJesus Christ, Meekness OfProphecies Concerning ChristSpirit Of ChristChrist Being SilentMessianic Prophecies

Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.

Verse ConceptsDeafnessThe Deaf HearingHealing Of The BlindBlindnessListening To God

Who is blind, but my servant? who has his ears stopped, but he whom I send? who is blind as my true one, or who has his ears shut like the Lord's servant?

Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

Verse ConceptsUnhearing

All this has come to your ears and you have seen it; will you not give witness to it? I am now making clear new things, even secret things, of which you had no knowledge.

Verse ConceptsIgnorant Of Facts

They have only now been effected, and not in the past: and before this day they had not come to your ears; for fear that you might say, I had knowledge of them.

Verse ConceptsNow

You have never heard; you have never known;For a long time your ears have not been open.For I knew that you were very treacherous,and were known as a rebel from birth.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Of IsraelTreacheryFrom Birth

The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

Verse Conceptsspace

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

Verse ConceptsHearingAcceptance, Of InstructionThe Faculty Of HearingWe Obeyrebellion

So will nations give him honour; kings will keep quiet because of him: for what had not been made clear to them they will see; and they will give their minds to what had not come to their ears.

Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelSprinklingTributesUnderstandingMarvellingShutting SecurelyProper Understanding

If keeping from food makes you quickly angry, ready for fighting and giving blows with evil hands; your holy days are not such as to make your voice come to my ears on high.

Verse ConceptsArguingethics, incentives towardsQuarrelsHow To FastPointless FastingFighting One AnotherFastingFasting And Prayer

While you do acts of power for which we are not looking, and which have not come to the ears of men in the past.

Verse ConceptsMountains QuakingGod Going DownLack Of Expectation

When has such a story come to men's ears? who has seen such things? will a land come to birth in one day? will a nation be given birth in a minute? For when Zion's pains came on her, she gave birth to her children straight away.

Verse ConceptsDevelopmentUnique Eventsrebirth

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