44 Bible Verses about Eyes
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The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye is sincere, thy whole body shall be full of light.
And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye but dost not consider the beam that is in thine own eye?
The lamp of the body is the eye; therefore when thine eye is sincere, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou be able to see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
And thine eye shall not pity, but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Or how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself dost not behold the beam that is in thine own eye? Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
But if thine eye is evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If, therefore, the light that is in thee is darkness, how great is that darkness!
And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but not perceive the beam that is in thine own eye?
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly, for from now on thou shalt have wars.
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee; nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Therefore if thy right eye should bring thee occasion to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from thee; for it is better for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding those who are evil and those who are good.
illuminating the eyes of your understanding, that ye may know what is the hope of his calling and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints
And if thine eye causes thee to fall, pluck it out and cast it from thee; it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.
Let thine eyes look upon that which is right, and let thine eyelids straighten thy path before thee.
And Elisha prayed and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw; and, behold, the mountain was full of horsemen and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Open my eyes, and I shall behold the wonders of thy law.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
For thus hath the LORD of the hosts said; After the glory he shall send me unto the Gentiles which spoiled you, for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye.
They did not know nor understand; for he has anointed their eyes that they not see and their hearts that they not understand.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will fix mine eyes upon thee.
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon those that fear him, upon those that wait for his mercy
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet, for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised without corruption, and we shall be changed.
For my eyes are upon all their ways, which they have not hid from me, neither does their iniquity hide from the presence of my eyes.
And the four animals had each of them six wings about him, and they were full of eyes within, and they did not cease day or night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come.
while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen, for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
From Thematic Bible
Eyes » The jewish women often painted
And thou who art destroyed, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothe thyself with crimson, though thou deck thee with ornaments of gold, though thou paint thy eyes with antimony, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee; they will seek thy life.
And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, behold, they came for the love of whom thou didst wash thyself, paint thy eyes, and deck thyself with ornaments,
And Jehu came to Jezreel, and when Jezebel heard of it, she painted her face and tired her head and looked out of a window.
Eyes » Often put out as a punishment
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with fetters of brass and carried him to Babylon.
But the Philistines took hold of him and put out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza and bound him with fetters of iron that he should grind in the prison house.
And Nahash, the Ammonite, answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Weeping
My eye mourns by reason of affliction; LORD, I have called daily upon thee; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Ain For these things I weep; my eyes, my eyes stream with water because the comforter that gives rest unto my soul has left me; my sons are desolate because the enemy prevailed.
Eyes » Not satisfied with seeing
All things are full of labour; more than man can express; the eye is not satisfied with seeing nor the ear filled with hearing.
Eyes » Made red by wine
For who shall be the woe? for who shall be the woe? for who contention? for who quarrels? for who the wounds without cause? who shall have redness of eyes?
Eyes » Illustrative » (open,) of spiritual illumination
Open my eyes, and I shall behold the wonders of thy law.
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and cause me to live in thy way.
Eyes » The jews » Wore their phylacteries between
But they do all their works that they may be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments
And it shall be for a token upon thy hand, and for a memorial before thine eyes: That the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand.
Eyes » Punishment for injuring
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
And if someone smites the eye of their slave or the eye of their maid that it perishes, he shall let them go free for their eye's sake.
Eyes » Grows dim by age
And it came to pass, that when Isaac became old, and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau, his eldest son, and said unto him, My son, and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
And it came to pass one day when Eli was lain down in his place, his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Directing
And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; for thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt be to us instead of eyes.
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will fix mine eyes upon thee.
Eyes » God » Opens
And Elisha prayed and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw; and, behold, the mountain was full of horsemen and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; the LORD raises those that are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous:
Eyes » The jews » Raised up, in prayer
I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains, from whence cometh my help.
Eyes » A guard to be set on
Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it gives its colour in the cup, it goes down smoothly.
Eyes » The light of the body
The lamp of the body is the eye; therefore when thine eye is sincere, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye is sincere, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Eyes » Consumed by grief
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxes old because of all mine enemies.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
Eyes » God » Enlightens
And now as for a brief moment there has been the mercy of the LORD our God, to leave us an escape, and that we may be given a stake in his holy sanctuary that our God may illuminate our eyes and give us a little preservation of life in our bondage.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Seeing
The eyes of those that see me now shall not see me again; thine eyes shall be upon me, and I will cease to be.
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The apple or ball
He found him in a desert land and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Eyes » The jews » Not to make baldness between
Ye are the sons of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves nor make any baldness over your eyes for the dead.
Eyes » Not satisfied with riches
It is the man who is alone, without a successor, who has neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity and sore travail.
Eyes » Illustrative » (anointing with eyesalve,) of healing by the spirit
I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined in the fire, that thou may be made rich; and clothed in white raiment, so that the shame of thy nakedness not be uncovered; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou may see.
Eyes » Illustrative » Of the mind
The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye is sincere, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye is evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If, therefore, the light that is in thee is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Eyes » Consumed by sickness
I also will do this unto you: I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague that shall consume the eyes and torment the soul, and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Eyes » Sometimes blemished
or crookbacked or a dwarf or that has a blemish in his eye or has scurvy or is scabbed or has his stones broken.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Winking
He that winks with the eye causes sorrow, and he that speaks foolishness shall fall.
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The brow
But it shall be that on the seventh day he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows; finally he shall shave off all his hair, and he shall wash his clothes; also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
Eyes » God » Made
Eyes » The light of, rejoices the heart
Eyes » Frequently fair
And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and of a beautiful countenance and handsome. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him, for this is he.
Eyes » Sometimes tender
Eyes » Not evil thing to be set before
I will set nothing of Belial before my eyes: I hate the work of those that betray; it shall not cleave to me.
Eyes » The jews » Cast, on the ground in humiliation
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God, reconcile me, a sinner.
Eyes » God » Formed
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The lid
Eyes » Grows dim by sorrow
Topics on Eyes
Evil Eyes
Mark 7:21-23For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth the evil thoughts, the adulteries, the fornications, the murders,
Eyes Cared For
Ezekiel 23:40And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, behold, they came for the love of whom thou didst wash thyself, paint thy eyes, and deck thyself with ornaments,
Eyes Harmed
Zechariah 2:8For thus hath the LORD of the hosts said; After the glory he shall send me unto the Gentiles which spoiled you, for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye.
Eyes In Prophecy
Revelation 1:14His head and his hairs were white like white wool, as the snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire
Eyes Opened
Genesis 3:5For God knows that in the day ye eat of it then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Eyes, Affected By
Genesis 27:1And it came to pass, that when Isaac became old, and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau, his eldest son, and said unto him, My son, and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
Eyes, Figurative Use
Numbers 24:3Then he took up his parable and said, Balaam, the son of Beor, has said and the man whose eyes are open has said,
Eyes, Guarded
Psalm 119:37Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity, and cause me to live in thy way.
Eyes, Used In Prophecies
Job 19:25-27For I know that my redeemer lives and that he shall rise at the latter day over the dust;
Eyes, Used Of God
Habakkuk 1:13Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil and canst not look on iniquity: why dost thou look upon those that deal treacherously and hold thy tongue when the wicked devour the man that is more righteous than he?
Good Eyes
Deuteronomy 34:7And Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Jesus Eyes
Revelation 1:14His head and his hairs were white like white wool, as the snow, and his eyes were as a flame of fire
Lust Of The Eyes
1 John 2:16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.