Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Bible References

Blinded

2 Corinthians 3:14
But their thoughts were turned into stone: for, until this very day, the same veil, upon the reading of the old covenant, abideth, not to be removed, because, in Christ, it is to be done away;
1 Kings 22:22
And Yahweh said unto him - Wherewith? And he said - I will go forth, and become a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets, - So he said, - Thou mayest persuade, yea and prevail, go forth, and do so.
Isaiah 6:10
Stupefy thou the heart of this people, And their ears, make thou heavy, And their eyes, overspread, - Lest they see with their eyes And with their ears, should hear, And their heart should discern and come back. And they be healed.
John 12:40
He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; lest they should see with their eyes, and should understand with their heart, and should turn, - and I should heal them.

Lest

2 Corinthians 4:6
Because, the God who said - Out of darkness, light shall shine! is he who hath shone in our hearts, in proportion to the radiance of the glorious knowledge of God, in the face of Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:8
How shall not, rather, the ministry of the Spirit, be with glory?
John 8:12
Again, therefore, unto them, spake Jesus, saying - I, am the light of the world: He that followeth me, shall in nowise walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John 12:35
Jesus, therefore, said unto them - Yet a little while, the light, is, among you: Walk, while ye have, the light, lest, darkness, on you should lay hold; and, he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not whither he drifteth.
Acts 26:18
To open their eyes; that they turn from darkness unto light, and the authority of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins, and an inheritance among them who have been made holy by the faith respecting me.
Colossians 1:27
Unto whom God hath been pleased to make known what is the glorious wealth of this sacred secret among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory, -
1 Timothy 1:11
According to the glad-message of the glory of the happy God, with which entrusted am, I.
Titus 2:13
Prepared to welcome the happy hope and forthshining of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Christ Jesus, -

The image

John 1:14
And, the Word, became, flesh, and pitched his tent among us, and we gazed upon his glory, - a glory, as an Only-begotten from his Father. Full of favour and truth.
John 12:45
And, he that vieweth me, vieweth him that sent me.
John 14:9
Jesus saith unto him - So long a time as this, have I been, with you, - and thou hast not come to know me, Philip? He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father. How art, thou, saying, Show us the Father?
John 15:24
Had I not done among them, the works, which, no other, had done, sin, had they none; but, now, have they, both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Philippians 2:6
Who, in form of God, subsisting, not, a thing to be seized, accounted the being equal with God,
Colossians 1:15
Who, is an image of the unseen God, Firstborn of all creation, -
Hebrews 1:3
Who, being an eradiated brightness of his glory, and an exact representation of his very being, also bearing up all things by the utterance of his power, purification of sins, having achieved, sat down on the right hand of the majesty in high places:

Shine

2 Corinthians 4:6
Because, the God who said - Out of darkness, light shall shine! is he who hath shone in our hearts, in proportion to the radiance of the glorious knowledge of God, in the face of Christ.
Isaiah 60:1
Arise - shine, For thy light, hath come, - And, the glory of Yahweh, on thee, hath beamed;
2 Peter 1:19
And we have, more firm, the prophetic word; - whereunto ye are doing, well, to take heed, - as unto a lamp shining in a dusky place, - until, day, shall dawn, and, a day-star, shall arise in your hearts: -
1 John 2:8
Again, a new commandment, am I writing unto you, - which thing is true, in him and in you, because, the darkness, is passing away, and, the real light, already is shining.

General references

Leviticus 13:29
And, when there cometh to be in, any man or woman, a spot, - in the head or in the beard,
Isaiah 43:8
Bring forth A blind people that have, eyes, and A deaf, that have, ears.
Ezekiel 8:4
and lo! there, the glory of the God of Israel, like the appearance which I had seen in the valley.
Matthew 13:13
For this reason, in parables, unto them, do I speak, - because, seeing, they see not, and, hearing, they hear not, - neither do they understand.
Luke 24:45
Then, opened he their mind, to understand the Scriptures;
John 8:27
They noted not that, as touching the Father, unto them, he was speaking.