44 Bible Verses about Eyes
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The light of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound, your whole body shall be full of light.
And why do you look on the splinter that is in your brother's eye, but do not consider the beam that is in your own eye?
The light of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is sound, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
Hypocrite! First cast the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to cast the splinter out of your brother's eye.
You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth."
And your eye shall not pity. Life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Or how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the splinter in your eye, when you yourself do not see the beam that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First cast out the beam out of your own eye, and then you shall see clearly to pull out the splinter that is in your brother's eye.
But if your eye is evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
And why do you look at the splinter that is in your brother's eye, but do not see the beam that is in your own eye?
For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro in all the whole earth to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward Him. You have done foolishly in this; therefore from now on you shall have wars.
And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you; nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
And if your right eye offends you, pluck it out and throw it from you. For it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be thrown into hell.
The eyes of Jehovah are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what is the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
And if your eye offends you, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire.
Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids look straight before you.
And Elisha prayed and said, I pray You, Jehovah, open his eyes so that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
because 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 so says Jehovah of Hosts: He has sent me after glory, to the nations who stripped you; for he who touches you touches the pupil of His eye.
They have not known nor understood; for He has shut their eyes so that they cannot see; and their hearts so that they cannot understand.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you, My eye shall be on you.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but Jehovah weighs the spirits.
Behold, the eye of Jehovah is to those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy;
in a moment, in a glance of an eye, at the last trumpet. For a trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall all be changed.
For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity hidden from My eyes.
And each one of the four living creatures had six wings about him, and within being full of eyes. And they had no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, the Almighty, who was and is and is to come.
we not considering the things which are seen, but the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are not lasting, but the things which are not seen are everlasting.
From Thematic Bible
Eyes » The jewish women often painted
And you, O desolate one, what will you do? Though you dress with crimson, though you put on ornaments of gold, though you make your eyes large with paint, you shall make yourself beautiful in vain; your lovers will despise you; they will seek your life.
And they have even sent for men to come from far, to whom a messenger was sent. And lo, they came. You washed yourself for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments,
And Jehu had come to Jezreel. And Jezebel heard, and had painted her face and adorned her head, and looked out at a window.
Eyes » Often put out as a punishment
And they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with bronze chains and carried him to Babylon.
And the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass. And he ground in the prison house.
And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, With this I will make a covenant with you, when all your right eyes are dug out and I will make it a reproach on all Israel.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Weeping
My eye mourns because of affliction; O Jehovah, I have called daily on You; I have stretched out my hands to You.
For these I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter who could refresh my soul is far from me. My sons are desolated because the enemy prevails.
Eyes » Not satisfied with seeing
All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Eyes » Made red by wine
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has fighting? Who has babbling? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
Eyes » Illustrative » (open,) of spiritual illumination
Eyes » The jews » Wore their phylacteries between
But they do all their works in order to be seen of men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments.
And it shall be for a token upon your hand, and for frontlets between your eyes. For Jehovah brought us out from Egypt by strength of His hand.
Eyes » Punishment for injuring
And if a man strike the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, so that it perishes, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.
Eyes » Grows dim by age
And it happened when Isaac was old and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called his oldest son Esau and said to him, My son. And he said to him, Behold, I am here.
And it happened at that time, when Eli was lying down in his place, and his eyes began to become dim so that he could not see.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Directing
And he said, Please do not leave us, because you know how we are to camp in the wilderness, and so you may be to us for eyes.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you, My eye shall be on you.
Eyes » God » Opens
And Elisha prayed and said, I pray You, Jehovah, open his eyes so that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
the Lord opens the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raises those who are bowed down; Jehovah loves the righteous;
Eyes » The jews » Raised up, in prayer
A Song of degrees. I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where shall my help come from?
Eyes » A guard to be set on
Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it gives its color in the cup, when it goes down smoothly
Eyes » The light of the body
The light of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is sound, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
The light of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound, your whole body shall be full of light.
Eyes » Consumed by grief
Have mercy on me, O Jehovah, for I am in trouble; my eye has become old with grief, my soul and my belly.
Eyes » God » Enlightens
Look! Answer me, O Jehovah my God; enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
And now for a little time grace has been shown from Jehovah our God, to leave us a remnant to escape and to give us a nail in His holy place, so that our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a little life in our bondage.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Seeing
The eye of him who has seen me shall see me no more; Your eyes are on me, and I am gone.
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The apple or ball
He found him in a desert land, and in the deserted, howling wilderness. He led him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the pupil of His eye.
Eyes » The jews » Not to make baldness between
You are the sons of Jehovah your God. You shall not cut yourselves nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Eyes » Not satisfied with riches
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother; yet there is no end to all his labor; and his eyes are not satisfied with riches; and he says, For whom do I labor and take good from my soul? This is also vanity. Yes, it is an evil business.
Eyes » Illustrative » (anointing with eyesalve,) of healing by the spirit
I counsel you to buy from Me gold purified by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be clothed, and so that the shame of your nakedness does not appear. And anoint your eyes with eye salve, so that you may see.
Eyes » Illustrative » Of the mind
The light of the body is the eye. Therefore if your eye is sound, your whole body shall be full of light. But if your eye is evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Eyes » Consumed by sickness
I will also do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, consumption, and burning fever, consuming the eyes and causing sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Eyes » Sometimes blemished
or crook-backed, or a crushed one, or who has a blemish in his eye, or a scurvy or scabbed person, or one with crushed testicles.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Winking
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The brow
But on the seventh day he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eye-brows; even all his hair shall he shave off. And he shall wash his clothes. He also shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
Eyes » God » Made
Eyes » The light of, rejoices the heart
The light of the eyes rejoices the heart; a good report makes the bones fat.
Eyes » Frequently fair
And he sent and brought him in. And he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and good form. And Jehovah said, Arise, anoint him. For this is he.
Eyes » Sometimes tender
Eyes » Not evil thing to be set before
I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. I have hated the work of those who turn aside; it shall not hold on to me.
Eyes » The jews » Cast, on the ground in humiliation
And standing afar off, the tax-collector would not even lift up his eyes to Heaven, but struck on his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner!
Eyes » God » Formed
He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see?
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The lid
My face is reddened from weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
Eyes » Grows dim by sorrow
Topics on Eyes
Evil Eyes
Mark 7:21-23For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Eyes Cared For
Ezekiel 23:40And they have even sent for men to come from far, to whom a messenger was sent. And lo, they came. You washed yourself for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with ornaments,
Eyes Harmed
Zechariah 2:8For so says Jehovah of Hosts: He has sent me after glory, to the nations who stripped you; for he who touches you touches the pupil of His eye.
Eyes In Prophecy
Revelation 1:14His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow. And His eyes were like a flame of fire.
Eyes Opened
Genesis 3:5for God knows that in the day you eat of it, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as God, knowing good and evil.
Eyes, Affected By
Genesis 27:1And it happened when Isaac was old and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called his oldest son Esau and said to him, My son. And he said to him, Behold, I am here.
Eyes, Figurative Use
Numbers 24:3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said;
Eyes, Used In Prophecies
Job 19:25-27For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall rise on the earth at the last;
Eyes, Used Of God
Habakkuk 1:13You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and can not look upon vexation. Why do You look upon those who deal deceitfully? Will you be silent when the wicked swallows one more righteous than he?
Good Eyes
Deuteronomy 34:7And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor had he lost any of his natural strength.
Jesus Eyes
Revelation 1:14His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow. And His eyes were like a flame of fire.
Lust Of The Eyes
1 John 2:16because 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.