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Psalm 94:9

He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?

7They say, “The LORD will not see, neither will Jacob’s God consider.”
8Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
9He who implanted the ear, won’t he hear? He who formed the eye, won’t he see?
10He who disciplines the nations, won’t he punish? He who teaches man knows.
11The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.
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Notice

The ear and eye become evidence against the claim that God overlooks wrongdoing, confronting the thought that what escapes human notice escapes his.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Exodus 4:11The LORD said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, the LORD?Both passages ground their questions in God's work as maker of human senses, including hearing and sight.
Proverbs 20:12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.Both name the ear and eye as God's workmanship; the psalm draws out what this means for God's hearing and seeing.
Jeremiah 23:23–24“Am I a God at hand,” says the LORD, “and not a God afar off?Both challenge a limited view of God: the psalm questions whether he perceives, while Jeremiah questions whether his presence is confined to nearby places.
Psalm 44:21won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.Both use questions to challenge the idea that something can escape God's knowledge, including the secrets of the heart.
Psalm 11:4The LORD is in his holy temple. The LORD is on his throne in heaven. His eyes observe. His eyes examine the children of men.Both speak of God's sight: Psalm 94 reasons from his making the eye, while Psalm 11 says his eyes examine people.
Psalm 139:1–12For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. LORD, you have searched me, and you know me.God's awareness connects these texts: Psalm 94 affirms that he hears and sees, while Psalm 139 addresses God as one who knows the speaker.
Psalm 17:3You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.Both describe God's perception of human life, through hearing and seeing in Psalm 94 and testing the heart in Psalm 17.
John 10:21Others said, “These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn’t possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?”Both mention eyes, though the psalm concerns God's sight and John records a dispute about opening blind eyes.
1 Corinthians 12:17If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be?Both use the eye and hearing in their reasoning, though Paul's question concerns the body's distinct senses rather than God's perception.
Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.The connection is broad: Psalm 94 challenges foolish thinking about God's awareness, while Proverbs warns that drink can lead a person away from wisdom.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. feeling distant from God. doubt.

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Encouragement

When wrong goes unseen by others, this verse leaves its timing unresolved; its claim is that the God who made the ear and eye hears and sees.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).