Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
Verse Takeaways
1
Gifts with a Purpose
All commentators agree that our physical abilities to see and hear are direct gifts from God. As the creator of these senses, God holds us accountable for how we use them. Scholars emphasize that our eyes and ears are not our own but are faculties to be employed for God's purposes and glory.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Proverbs
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
4
18th Century
Presbyterian
Not only do we owe the gifts of sight and hearing to Yahweh, but He, being the giver, will also call us to account for them ().
19th Century
Anglican
The Lord hath made even both of them.— And therefore, they are to be used as He would have them. (Compare our Lord’s cons…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye There may be an ear that hears not, and an eye that sees not, and which men may …
Consider supporting our work
All our powers and faculties are from God, and are to be employed for him.
