'Ears' in the Bible

So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem

So Aaron said to them, "Break off the gold earrings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me."

So all the people broke off the gold earrings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron.

But to this very day the Lord has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears!

Make sure you pull out ears of grain for her and drop them so she can gather them up. Don't tell her not to!"

The Lord said to Samuel, "Look! I am about to do something in Israel; when anyone hears about it, both of his ears will tingle.

Samuel replied, "If that is the case, then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?"

Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet -- twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. Elisha said, "Set it before the people so they may eat."

Because you rage against me, and the uproar you create has reached my ears; I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came."

So this is what the Lord God of Israel says, 'I am about to bring disaster on Jerusalem and Judah. The news will reverberate in the ears of those who hear about it.

"Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

Listen carefully to my words; let your ears be attentive to my explanation.

Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him.

Destruction and Death say, 'With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.'

ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell,

and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe.

The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered.

Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge.

Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.

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."

It will be as when one gathers the grain harvest, and his hand gleans the ear of grain. It will be like one gathering the ears of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.

Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.

Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.

Because you rage against me and the uproar you create has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came."

You see many things, but don't comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear."

Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears!

Tell them: 'Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:

I answered, "Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, what the Lord says is offensive to them. They do not like it at all.

I said, "So now, you wailing women, hear what the Lord says. Open your ears to the words from his mouth. Teach your daughters this mournful song, and each of you teach your neighbor this lament.

Say, 'Listen to what the Lord says, you kings of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem! The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, "I will bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it ring!

Then the priests and the prophets made their charges before the officials and all the people. They said, "This man should be condemned to die because he prophesied against this city. You have heard him do so with your own ears."

You heard my plea: "Do not close your ears to my cry for relief!"

Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them."

Then he shouted in my ears, "Approach, you who are to visit destruction on the city, each with his destructive weapon in his hand!"

"Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house.

I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.

I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors will die by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire.

"But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear.

The one who has ears had better listen!

The one who has ears had better listen!"

For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'

"But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears had better listen!

And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!"

If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!"

After Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, he put his fingers in the man's ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue.

And immediately the man's ears were opened, his tongue loosened, and he spoke plainly.

Though you have eyes, don't you see? And though you have ears, can't you hear? Don't you remember?

For the instant the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

But other seed fell on good soil and grew, and it produced a hundred times as much grain." As he said this, he called out, "The one who has ears to hear had better listen!"

It is of no value for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. The one who has ears to hear had better listen!"

"You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did!

But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent.

For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean."

For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them."'

as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day."

Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the Lord's face is against those who do evil.