21 Bible Verses about Seeing Situations

Then he sent out a dove to see whether the water on the earth’s surface had gone down,

Esau noticed that Isaac blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan-aram to get a wife there. When he blessed him, Isaac commanded Jacob, “Do not marry a Canaanite woman.”

Esau realized that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,

When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made everything he did successful,

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you keep looking at each other?

So Moses thought: I must go over and look at this remarkable sight. Why isn’t the bush burning up?

I saw, and took it to heart;
I looked, and received instruction:

And the king went on to say this: ‘May the Lord God of Israel be praised! Today He has provided one to sit on my throne, and I am a witness.’”

Sitting across from the temple treasury, He watched how the crowd dropped money into the treasury. Many rich people were putting in large sums.

“Don’t you say, ‘There are still four more months, then comes the harvest’? Listen to what I’m telling you: Open your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ready for harvest.

They open their mouths wide against me and say,
“Aha, aha! We saw it!”

Then they will burn down your houses and execute judgments against you in the sight of many women. I will stop you from being a prostitute, and you will never again pay fees for lovers.

Wait for the Lord and keep His way,
and He will exalt you to inherit the land.
You will watch when the wicked are destroyed.

You will only see it with your eyes
and witness the punishment of the wicked.

Their children will be smashed to death before their eyes;
their houses will be looted,
and their wives raped.

So I did just as I was commanded. In the daytime I brought out my bags like an exile’s bags. In the evening I dug through the wall by hand; I took them out in the dark, carrying them on my shoulder in their sight.

During the day, bring out your bags like an exile’s bags while they look on. Then in the evening go out in their sight like those going into exile.

As they watch, dig through the wall and take the bags out through it.

“Son of man, get your bags ready for exile and go into exile in their sight during the day. You will go into exile from your place to another place while they watch; perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.

And while they look on, lift the bags to your shoulder and take them out in the dark; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”

and he sees the sword coming against the land and blows his trumpet to warn the people.