12 Bible Verses about Eyes, Figurative Use
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You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
For the light of the body is the eye. If thine eye may be clear, thy whole body will he lighted.
But why do you see the mote which is in the eye of your brother, and do not recognize the beam which is in your own eye? Or how will you say to your brother, Permit me, I will cast out the mote from your eye; and behold, there is a beam in your own eye? O hypocrite, first cast out the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to cast out the mote from the eye of your brother.
Because the heart of this people is waxed gross, and they heard heavily with their ears, and closed their eyes; lest they may see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I shall heal them.
And Jesus knowing says to them, Why do you reason because you have not bread? do you not yet know, nor understand? have you your heart still hardened?
But, as has been written, the things which eye has not seen, and ear has not heard, and has not entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.
the eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance among the saints,
not with eyeservice, as menpleasers, but as the servants of Christ doing the will of God from the soul;
because this is all that is in the world; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world.
having eyes full of an adulteress, and unable to cease from sin; beguiling unestablished souls: having a heart which has been made fat with covetousness; children of the curse:
For the light of the body is the eye. If thine eye may be clear, thy whole body will he lighted. If thine eye may be bad, thy whole body will be dark. Then if the light which is in you is darkness, the darkness is so great.
And Jesus knowing says to them, Why do you reason because you have not bread? do you not yet know, nor understand? have you your heart still hardened? Having eyes, do you not see? having ears, do you not hear? and do you not remember?
