Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.
Cross-reference
In Exodus 4:11, God declares He makes the deaf, mute, and blind—directly affirming He created ears and eyes.
Psalm 94:9 uses the same logic: the God who made the ear hears and the eye sees.
In Matthew 13:13-16, people have eyes and ears yet fail to perceive—contrasting God's gift with spiritual dullness.
Deuteronomy 29:4 says God has not given eyes to see or ears to hear—contrasting the physical gift with withheld spiritual perception.
Isaiah 29:18 prophesies God restoring hearing to the deaf and sight to the blind, fulfilling the creative power declared in Proverbs 20:12.
Isaiah 35:5 also describes the messianic age when God opens blind eyes and deaf ears—directly echoing the Creator's power in Proverbs 20:12.
In Isaiah 42:18, God rebukes the spiritually deaf and blind, implying that since He gave ears/eyes, they should use them—a call to heed.
Psalm 119:18 prays for spiritual sight—building on the truth that God gives physical sight, but moving to a different kind.
Acts 26:18 commissions opening spiritual eyes—echoing that the Lord who made physical eyes can also enlighten.
Ephesians 1:18 mentions 'eyes of your heart' being enlightened—directly using the metaphor of sight from the Creator.