Ear, The (Torrey's Topical Textbook)

(From Torrey's Topical Textbook)

The organ of hearing
Job 13:1; 29:11
Capable of trying and distinguishing words
Job 12:11
GOD
- Made
  Proverbs 20:12
- Planted
  Psalms 94:9
- Opens
  Job 33:16; 36:10
- Judicially closed
  Isaiah 6:10; Matthew 13:15
Christ opens
Isaiah 35:5; 43:8,10
Instruction received through
Isaiah 30:21
That hears and receives the word of God, blessed
Exodus 15:26; Matthew 13:16
SHOULD
- Seek knowledge
  Proverbs 18:15
- Be bowed down to instructions
  Proverbs 5:1
- Be incline to wisdom
  Proverbs 2:2
- Be given to the law of God
  Isaiah 1:10
- Receive the word of God
  Jeremiah 9:20
- Hear and obey reproof
  Proverbs 15:31; 25:12
Not satisfied with earthly things
Ecclesiastes 1:8
OF THE WICKED
- Uncircumcised
  Jeremiah 6:10; Acts 7:51
- Itching
  II Timothy 4:3
- Not inclined to hear God
  Jeremiah 7:24; 35:15
- Turned away from God's law
  Proverbs 28:9
- Stopped against God's word
  Psalms 58:4; Zechariah 7:11
Not to be stopped at cry of the poor
Proverbs 21:13
BLOOD PUT ON THE RIGHT EAR OF
- Priests at consecration
  Exodus 29:20; Leviticus 8:23
- The healed leper in cleansing him
  Leviticus 14:14
Often adorned with rings
Ezekiel 16:12; Hosea 2:13
Of servants who refused to leave their masters, bored to the door
Exodus 21:6; Deuteronomy 15:17