Eventually, Isaac grew so old that he could not see. One day, he called his eldest son Esau. "My son," he called out to him.

"You are not to curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block before the blind. "You are to fear God. I am the LORD.

""Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'

Nahash the Ammonite told them, "I'll make a covenant with you on the condition that I gouge out the right eye of every one of you and so bring disgrace on all Israel."

They executed Zedekiah's sons in his presence, blinded Zedekiah, bound him with bronze chains, and transported him to Babylon.

Dull the mind of this people, deafen their ears, and blind their eyes. By doing so, they won't see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their minds, turn back, and be healed."

On that day the deaf will hear the words of a scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

"Listen, you deaf people, and look up, you blind people, so you may see! Who is blind except my servant, or deaf like my messenger I am sending? Who is blind like the one committed to me, or blind like the LORD's servant?

Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze fetters to take him to Babylon.

As Jesus was traveling on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and unable to talk was brought to him. Jesus healed him so that the man could speak and see.

Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If one blind person leads another blind person, both will fall into a ditch."

When two blind men who were sitting by the roadside heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!"

and under these a large number of sick people were lying blind, lame, or paralyzed waiting for the movement of the water.

The Lord is against you now, and you'll be blind and unable to see the sun for a while!" At that moment a dark mist came over him, and he went around looking for someone to lead him by the hand.

They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of their ignorance and hardness of heart.