The Bible mentions ringing ears exactly three times, always as the same figure of speech, and never with a left or a right. There is no biblical sign attached to which ear rings. That belief comes from elsewhere, and it is worth knowing where. The three verses God says to the boy Samuel: See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle. (1 Samuel 3:11) The same phrase…

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