'Ears' in the Bible
Then Aaron replied to them, “Take off the gold rings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters and bring them to me.”
So all the people took off the gold rings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron.
Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
I called to the Lord in my distress;I called to my God.From His temple He heard my voice,and my cry for help reached His ears.
Because your raging against Meand your arrogance have reached My ears,I will put My hook in your noseand My bit in your mouth;I will make you go backthe way you came.
Now, my God,please let Your eyes be openand Your ears attentiveto the prayer of this place.
My eyes will now be open and My ears attentive to prayer from this place.
let Your eyes be open and Your ears be attentive to hear Your servant’s prayer that I now pray to You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
Look, my eyes have seen all this;my ears have heard and understood it.
Pay close attention to my words;let my declaration ring in your ears.
Dreadful sounds fill his ears;when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.
Abaddon and Death say,“We have heard news of it with our ears.”
He uncovers their ears at that timeand terrifies them with warnings,
He opens their ears to correctionand insists they repent from iniquity.
I called to the Lord in my distress,and I cried to my God for help.From His temple He heard my voice,and my cry to Him reached His ears.
The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,and His ears are open to their cry for help.
You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;You open my ears to listen.You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.
For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.God, we have heard with our ears—our ancestors have told us—the work You accomplished in their days,in days long ago:
They have venom like the venom of a snake,like the deaf cobra that stops up its ears,
My eyes look down on my enemies;my ears hear evildoers when they attack me.
They have ears but cannot hear,noses, but cannot smell.
Lord, listen to my voice;let Your ears be attentiveto my cry for help.
They have ears but cannot hear;indeed, there is no breath in their mouths.
The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poorwill himself also call out and not be answered.
A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not hisis like one who grabs a dog by the ears.
Dull the minds of these people;deafen their ears and blind their eyes;otherwise they might see with their eyesand hear with their ears,understand with their minds,turn back, and be healed.
His delight will be in the fear of the Lord.He will not judgeby what He sees with His eyes,He will not execute justiceby what He hears with His ears,
and whenever you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed,and the ears of those who hear will listen.
The one who lives righteouslyand speaks rightly,who refuses gain from extortion,whose hand never takes a bribe,who stops his ears from listening to murderous plotsand shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evil—
Then the eyes of the blind will be opened,and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Because your raging against Meand your arrogance have reached My ears,I will put My hook in your noseand My bit in your mouth;I will make you go backthe way you came.
Though seeing many things, you do not obey.Though his ears are open, he does not listen.”
Bring out a people who are blind, yet have eyes,and are deaf, yet have ears.
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.
Hear this,you foolish and senseless people.They have eyes, but they don’t see.They have ears, but they don’t hear.
Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man deserves the death sentence because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.”
Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not show pity or spare them. Though they cry out in My ears with a loud voice, I will not listen to them.”
“Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful tiara on your head.
When I vent My jealous rage on you, they will deal with you in wrath. They will cut off your nose and ears, and your descendants will fall by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your descendants will be consumed by fire.
He spoke to me: “Son of man, look with your eyes, listen with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for you have been brought here so that I might show it to you. Report everything you see to the house of Israel.”
The Lord said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look with your eyes and listen with your ears to everything I tell you about all the statutes and laws of the Lord’s temple. Take careful note of the entrance of the temple along with all the exits of the sanctuary.
Nations will see and be ashamedof all their power.They will put their hands over their mouths,and their ears will become deaf.
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.