Quotes About Perception

They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah

They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.

When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight

Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.

We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.

My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear the wailing of my wicked foes.

They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”

He who affixed the ear, can He not hear? He who formed the eye, can He not see?

They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell;

In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”

They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.

You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.

even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!

For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

Like a gold ring in a pigís snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

A man is praised according to his wisdom, but a twisted mind is despised.

One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

Ears that hear and eyes that see—the LORD has made them both.

“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.

All a manís ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.