44 Bible Verses about Eyes

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Matthew 7:3

Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

Luke 11:34

The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness.

Matthew 7:5

You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

Deuteronomy 19:21

Thus you shall not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Luke 6:42

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye.

Luke 6:41

Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

2 Chronicles 16:9

For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars.”

1 Corinthians 12:21

And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; or again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

Matthew 18:9

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell.

Proverbs 4:25

Let your eyes look directly ahead
And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.

2 Kings 6:17

Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

Zechariah 2:8

For thus says the Lord of hosts, “After glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.

Isaiah 44:18

They do not know, nor do they understand, for He has smeared over their eyes so that they cannot see and their hearts so that they cannot comprehend.

1 Corinthians 15:52

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

Revelation 4:8

And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say,Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.”

2 Corinthians 4:18

while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.

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Eyes » The jewish women often painted

Jeremiah 4:30

And you, O desolate one, what will you do?
Although you dress in scarlet,
Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold,
Although you enlarge your eyes with paint,
In vain you make yourself beautiful.
Your lovers despise you;
They seek your life.

Ezekiel 23:40

“Furthermore, they have even sent for men who come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and lo, they came—for whom you bathed, painted your eyes and decorated yourselves with ornaments;

2 Kings 9:30

When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window.

Eyes » Often put out as a punishment

2 Kings 25:7

They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon.

Judges 16:21

Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.

1 Samuel 11:2

But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “I will make it with you on this condition, that I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you, thus I will make it a reproach on all Israel.”

Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Weeping

Psalm 88:9

My eye has wasted away because of affliction;
I have called upon You every day, O Lord;
I have spread out my hands to You.

Job 16:20

“My friends are my scoffers;
My eye weeps to God.

Lamentations 1:16

“For these things I weep;
My eyes run down with water;
Because far from me is a comforter,
One who restores my soul.
My children are desolate
Because the enemy has prevailed.”

Eyes » Not satisfied with seeing

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All things are wearisome;
Man is not able to tell it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor is the ear filled with hearing.

Eyes » Made red by wine

Genesis 49:12

“His eyes are dull from wine,
And his teeth white from milk.

Proverbs 23:29

Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?

Eyes » Illustrative » (open,) of spiritual illumination

Eyes » The jews » Wore their phylacteries between

Matthew 23:5

But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.

Exodus 13:16

So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and as phylacteries on your forehead, for with a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”

Eyes » Punishment for injuring

Exodus 21:26

“If a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave, and destroys it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.

Eyes » Grows dim by age

Genesis 27:1

Now it came about, when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”

1 Samuel 3:2

It happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he could not see well),

Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Directing

Numbers 10:31

Then he said, “Please do not leave us, inasmuch as you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be as eyes for us.

Eyes » God » Opens

2 Kings 6:17

Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

Eyes » The jews » Raised up, in prayer

Psalm 121:1

A Song of Ascents.
I will lift up my eyes to the mountains;
From where shall my help come?

Psalm 123:1

A Song of Ascents.
To You I lift up my eyes,
O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

Eyes » A guard to be set on

Proverbs 23:31

Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it goes down smoothly;

Eyes » The light of the body

Luke 11:34

The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness.

Eyes » Consumed by grief

Psalm 6:7

My eye has wasted away with grief;
It has become old because of all my adversaries.

Psalm 31:9

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;
My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.

Eyes » God » Enlightens

Psalm 13:3

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
Enlighten my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,

Ezra 9:8

But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.

Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Seeing

Job 7:8

“The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer;
Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.

Job 28:10

“He hews out channels through the rocks,
And his eye sees anything precious.

Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The apple or ball

Deuteronomy 32:10

He found him in a desert land,
And in the howling waste of a wilderness;
He encircled him, He cared for him,
He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.

Eyes » The jews » Not to make baldness between

Eyes » Not satisfied with riches

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, “And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?” This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.

Eyes » Illustrative » (anointing with eyesalve,) of healing by the spirit

Eyes » Illustrative » Of the mind

Matthew 6:22-23

"The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. "But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Eyes » Consumed by sickness

Leviticus 26:16

I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up.

Eyes » Sometimes blemished

Leviticus 21:20

or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or crushed testicles.

Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Winking

Proverbs 10:10

He who winks the eye causes trouble,
And a babbling fool will be ruined.

Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The brow

Leviticus 14:9

It will be on the seventh day that he shall shave off all his hair: he shall shave his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair. He shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water and be clean.

Eyes » God » Made

Eyes » The light of, rejoices the heart

Eyes » Frequently fair

1 Samuel 16:12

So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him; for this is he.”

Eyes » Sometimes tender

Eyes » Not evil thing to be set before

Psalm 101:3

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes;
I hate the work of those who fall away;
It shall not fasten its grip on me.

Eyes » The jews » Cast, on the ground in humiliation

Luke 18:13

But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’

Eyes » God » Formed

Psalm 94:9

He who planted the ear, does He not hear?
He who formed the eye, does He not see?

Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The lid

Job 16:16

“My face is flushed from weeping,
And deep darkness is on my eyelids,

Eyes » Grows dim by sorrow

Job 17:7

“My eye has also grown dim because of grief,
And all my members are as a shadow.

Topics on Eyes

Evil Eyes

Mark 7:21-23

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,

Eyes Cared For

Ezekiel 23:40

“Furthermore, they have even sent for men who come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and lo, they came—for whom you bathed, painted your eyes and decorated yourselves with ornaments;

Eyes Harmed

Zechariah 2:8

For thus says the Lord of hosts, “After glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.

Eyes, Affected By

Genesis 27:1

Now it came about, when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”

Eyes, Figurative Use

Numbers 24:3

He took up his discourse and said,
The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened;

Eyes, Used In Prophecies

Job 19:25-27

“As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.

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