Psalm 119:18

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Summary

Psalm 119:18

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Open

Wondrous

Hebrews 10:1

General references

Proverbs 20:12

Luke 24:45

Bible References

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For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes (the prophets), and he has covered your heads (the seers).

The eyes of those who see will not be dim, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing, they do not hear, neither do they understand.

Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who do not see may see; and that those who see may become blind."

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away.

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, to prevent the light shining from the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to put on your eyes, that you may see.

Wondrous

I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commands are boundless.

I wrote for him the many things of my law; but they were regarded as a strange thing.

and not as Moses, who put a veil on his face, that the children of Israel would not look steadfastly on the end of that which was passing away.

who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."

For the Law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.

General references

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, The LORD has made even both of them.

Then he opened their minds, that they might understand the Scriptures.