50 Bible Verses about Blindness

We shall feel for the wall as the blind, and we shall feel, as no eyes: we stumbled at noon as at evening twilight; in fertile fields as the dead.

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be dark. If therefore the light which in thee is darkness, how much the darkness

Let them go: they are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Foolish and blind: for which is the greater, the gift, or the altar, consecrating the gifts?

But their minds were hardened: for until this day the same veil upon the reading of the old covenant. remains not uncovered;for in Christ it is left unemployed.

And they come into Jericho: and he going out from Jericho, and his disciples, and a sufficient crowd, Bartimeus the blind, son of Timms, sat by the way asking alms.

And he comes to Bethsaida; and they bring to him one blind, and beseech him that he would touch him.

And Jesus passing from thence, two blind ones followed him, crying out and saying, Commiserate us, O son of David.

Then he possessed with a demon, blind, and dumb, was brought to him; and he cured him, so that the blind and dumb spake and saw also.

And, behold, two blind sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus passes by, cried out, saying, Pity us, O Lord, son of David.

Jehovah opened the eyes of the blind: Jehovah raised those being bowed down: Jehovah loved the just

Thus said God Jehovah, creating the heavens and stretching them out; and spreading out the earth and its productions; giving breath to the people upon it, and spirit to those going upon it: I Jehovah called thee in justice, and I will hold by thy hand, and I will guard thee and give thee for a covenant of the people, for the light of the nations, To open the eyes of the blind, to bring forth the bound out of prison, those sitting in darkness out of the house of the prison.

And Jesus having answered said to them, Having gone, announce to John what ye hear and see: The blind receive sight, and the lame walk, the leprous are cleansed, and the deaf bear, the dead are roused, and the poor have good news announced.

And Jesus having answered said to them, Having gone, announce to John what ye saw and heard; for the blind look up, the lame walk, the leprous are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor are announced good news.

And he said to them, These the words which I spake to you, being yet with you, for all things must be completed, written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning me. Then opened he their understanding, to understand the writings, And he said to them, That so has it been written, and so was it necessary for Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: read more.
And repentance and remission of sins to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, having begun from Jerusalem.

And it shall be as Isaak grew old, and his eyes shall be weak for seeing, and he will call Esau his son the great, and he will say to him, My son: and he will say to him, Behold me.

And the eyes of Israel were heavy from old age; he will not be able to see; and he will draw them near to him, and he will kiss them, and embrace them.

And it will be in that day, and Eli lay down in his place, and his eyes began to be weak; he will not be able to see.

And Eli the son of ninety and eight years; and his eyes standing, and he will not be able to see.

In the day those watching the house shall tremble, and the strong men bent themselves, and the grinders ceased for they were few, and they looking through the lattice were darkened,

Make the heart of this people fat and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes, lest they shall see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and their heart shall understand and turn back and be healed to them.

For Jehovah poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and he will close your eyes: the prophets and your heads, the seeing he covered.

That seeing they might see, and not know; and hearing they might hear, and not understand; lest they turn back, and their sins be remitted to them.

He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart: lest they see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and should turn back, and I should heal them.

For I will not ye should not know, brethren, this mystery, lest ye be wise with yourselves; for hardness from part has been to Israel, till the filling up of the nations come in.

And he hating his brother is in darkness, and walks about in darkness, and knows not where he goes forward, for darkness has blinded his eyes.

Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours of the day.? If any walk in the day, he stumbles not, for he sees the light of this world. But if any walk in the night, he stumbles, for light is not in him.

Then said Jesus to them, Yet a little time the light is with you. Walk while ye have light, lest darkness overtake you: and he walking in darkness knows not where he retires. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye might be the sons of light. These things spake Jesus, and having departed, he was hid from them.

Therefore this I say, and testify in the Lord, that ye no more walk as also the rest of the nations, in the vanity of their mind, Being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God by ignorance being in them, by the hardness of their heart;

And this is the message which we have heard from him, and we announce to you, that God is light, and no darkness is in him. If we say that we have communion with him, and walk in darkness, we are deceived, and do not the truth:

Therefore this I say, and testify in the Lord, that ye no more walk as also the rest of the nations, in the vanity of their mind, Being darkened in understanding, alienated from the life of God by ignorance being in them, by the hardness of their heart;

And not as Moses put a veil upon his face, that the sons of Israel should not look intently to the end of that left unemployed: But their minds were hardened: for until this day the same veil upon the reading of the old covenant. remains not uncovered;for in Christ it is left unemployed. But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies upon their heart

Simon Peter, servant and sent of Jesus Christ, to them having received by inheritance equally honoured faith with us in the justice of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, As his divine power having bestowed upon us all things which for life and devotion, by the knowledge of him having called us by glory and fitness: read more.
(By which the greatest and precious promises are bestowed upon us: that by these ye might be having escaped from the corruption in the world through eager desires.) And also this same, having brought in at the side all earnestness, furnish in addition in your faith fitness; and In fitness knowledge; And in knowledge self-control; and in self-control patience; and in patience devotion; And in devotion brotherly love; and in brotherly love, love. For these being to you, and abounding, they establish you not without effort, neither unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For in whom these are not present, he is blind, being affected with shortness of sight, having taken 2Peter 1:forgetfulness of the cleansing formerly of his sins.

All ye beasts of the fields, come ye to eat; all ye beasts in the forest Look about, ye blind; they all knew not, they all dumb dogs, they shall not be able to bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber. And dogs hard of soul, they knew not fulness; and they are evil, they know not understanding; they all looked to their way, a man to his plunder from his extremity. read more.
Come ye, I will take wine, and we will drink strong drink to excess; and the morrow being as this day, the remainder great exceedingly.

Then his disciples having come near, said to him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were scandalized? And having answered, he said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them go: they are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Woe to you blind guides, saying, Whoever should swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever should swear by the gold of the temple, he is indebted! Foolish and blind; for which is the greater, the gold, or the temple consecrating the gold? And, Whoever should swear by the altar, it is nothing; and whoever should swear by the gift above it, he is indebted. read more.
Foolish and blind: for which is the greater, the gift, or the altar, consecrating the gifts? Therefore, he having sworn by the altar, swears by it, and by all above it. And he having sworn by the temple, swears by it, and by him dwelling in it. And he having sworn by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him sitting above it. Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye exact tenths and dill and cummin, and ye have left the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith: these it was necessary to do, and not to let go those. Blind guides, straining a gnat, and swallowing down a camel. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup, and the side dish of sweet-meats, and within they are full of pillage and bad mixture. O blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, and side dish of sweetmeats, that also their outside might be clean.

And he spake to them a parable, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

And the men which were at the door of the house, they struck with blindness, from small to great: and they will be wearied to find the door.

And they will come down to him, and Elisha will pray to Jehovah, and say, Strike now, this nation with blindness. And he will strike them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

And Saul was raised up from the earth; and his eyes being opened, he saw no one: and leading him by the hand, they brought him to Damascus.

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun till the time. And immediately fell upon him mist and darkness; and going about he sought leading by hand.

And he hating his brother is in darkness, and walks about in darkness, and knows not where he goes forward, for darkness has blinded his eyes.

And thou shalt not take a gift; for the gift will blind the seeing, and will pervert just words.

Thou shalt not turn away Judgment; thou shalt not look upon and thou shalt not take a gift, for the gift will blind the eyes of the wise and will pervert the words of the just.

And the great dragon was cast out, the old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, he deceiving the whole habitable globe: he was cast into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

And if also our good news is hid, in the lost is it hid: In whom the God of this world blinded the minds of the unbelieving, so that the enlightening of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, does not enlighten them.

Then he possessed with a demon, blind, and dumb, was brought to him; and he cured him, so that the blind and dumb spake and saw also.

And the blind and lame came to him in the temple; and he cured them.

And Jesus passing from thence, two blind ones followed him, crying out and saying, Commiserate us, O son of David. And having come into the house, the blind came to him: and Jesus says to them, Believe ye that I can do this? They say to him, Yes, Lord. Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it to you. read more.
And their eyes were opened; and Jesus threatened them, saying, See, let none know.

The blind receive sight, and the lame walk, the leprous are cleansed, and the deaf bear, the dead are roused, and the poor have good news announced.

Blind, or broken, or cut, or flowing, or scurvy, or scabby, they shall not bring these to Jehovah, and a sacrifice ye shall not give from them upon the altar to Jehovah.

And when a blemish shall be in it, lame or blind, any evil blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God.

And if ye shall bring near the blind for a sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye shall bring near the lame and the sick, is it not evil? bring A near now to thy governor; will he delight in thee, or lift up thy face? said Jehovah of armies.

Then his disciples having come near, said to him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were scandalized? And having answered, he said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them go: they are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

And he spake to them a parable, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?

And they come into Jericho: and he going out from Jericho, and his disciples, and a sufficient crowd, Bartimeus the blind, son of Timms, sat by the way asking alms. And having heard that it is Jesus the Nazarite, he began to cry, and to say, Son of David, O Jesus, compasaionate me. And many were rebuking him, that he should be silent: and he cried much more, Son of David, compassionate me. read more.
And Jesus having stood, spake for him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying to him, Take courage, arise; he calls thee. And he, having cast away his garment, having risen, came to Jesus. And Jesus having answered, said to him, What wishest thou I should do to thee? And the blind said to him, Rabboni, that I might see again. And Jesus said to him, Retire; thy faith has saved thee. And quickly he looked up, and followed Jesus in the way.

And, behold, two blind sitting by the way, having heard that Jesus passes by, cried out, saying, Pity us, O Lord, son of David. And the crowd censured them that they should be silent: but they cried the more, saying, Pity us, O Lord, son of David. And Jesus having stood, called them, and said, What will ye I shall do to you? read more.
They say to him, Lord, that our eyes might be opened. And Jesus, having felt compassion, touched their eyes: and quickly their eyes looked up, and they followed him.

In no vision the people shall be unruly: and he watching the law, happy is he.

And they will come down to him, and Elisha will pray to Jehovah, and say, Strike now, this nation with blindness. And he will strike them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha. And Elisha will say to them, This not the way, and this not the city: go ye after me, and I will take you to the man whom ye will seek. And he will cause them to go to Shomeron. And it will be when they came to Shomeron, and Elisha will say to Jehovah, Open the eyes of these, and they shall see. And Jehovah will open their eyes, and they will see; and behold, in the midst of Shomeron. read more.
And the king of Israel will say to Elisha when he saw them, Shall I strike? shall I strike, my father? And he will say, Thou shalt not strike: whom thou tookest captive with thy sword and with thy bow; strikest thou? set bread and water before them, and they shall eat and drink and go to their lord. And he will purchase for them a great purchase: and they will eat and drink, and he will send them, and they will go to their lord. And the troops of Aram will add no more to come into the land of Israel.

And he comes to Bethsaida; and they bring to him one blind, and beseech him that he would touch him. And having taken the hand of the blind, he led him forth without the town; and having spit into his eyes, having put hands upon him, he asked him if he saw any thing. And having looked up, he said, I see men that I see as trees, walking. read more.
Then again he put hands upon his eyes, and made him look up; and he was restored, and he saw all clearly.

And passing by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, he, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither did this sin, nor his parents: but that the works of God might be manifested in him. read more.
I must work the works of him having sent me, while it is day: night comes, when none can work. While I be in the world, I am the light of the world. Having said these, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay upon the eyes of the blind, And said to him, Retire, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is interpreted, Sent.) He went away therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

And Jeroboam's wife will do so, and she will rise and go to Shiloh, and she will come into the house of Ahijah. And Ahijah will not be able to see; for his eyes stood from his old age.

And the eyes of Israel were heavy from old age; he will not be able to see; and he will draw them near to him, and he will kiss them, and embrace them.

And he will take his son, the firstborn, which shall reign in his stead, and bring him up a burnt-offering upon the wall: and there will be great anger against Israel, and they will remove from him and turn back to the land.

And Eli the son of ninety and eight years; and his eyes standing, and he will not be able to see.

And the men which were at the door of the house, they struck with blindness, from small to great: and they will be wearied to find the door.

For every man to whom in him a blemish shall not come near: a man blind, or lame, or flat-nosed, or stretched out,

Jehovah will strike thee with madness and with blindness and with astonishment of heart;

And Saul was raised up from the earth; and his eyes being opened, he saw no one: and leading him by the hand, they brought him to Damascus. And he was three days not seeing, and he ate not, nor drank.

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun till the time. And immediately fell upon him mist and darkness; and going about he sought leading by hand.

And it shall be as Isaak grew old, and his eyes shall be weak for seeing, and he will call Esau his son the great, and he will say to him, My son: and he will say to him, Behold me.

And behold, certain of the scribes said in themselves, This defames.

And Jesus passing from thence, two blind ones followed him, crying out and saying, Commiserate us, O son of David.

Eyes was I to the blind one, and feet to the lame was I.

O, full of deceit, and all dexterity, son of the devil, enemy of all justice, Wilt thou cease perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

And Elymas the magician withstood them, (for so was his name interpreted,) seeking to turn the proconsul from the faith.

We shall feel for the wall as the blind, and we shall feel, as no eyes: we stumbled at noon as at evening twilight; in fertile fields as the dead.

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be dark. If therefore the light which in thee is darkness, how much the darkness

Let them go: they are blind guides of the blind. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Foolish and blind: for which is the greater, the gift, or the altar, consecrating the gifts?

But their minds were hardened: for until this day the same veil upon the reading of the old covenant. remains not uncovered;for in Christ it is left unemployed.