44 Bible Verses about Eyes

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Matthew 7:3

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?

Luke 11:34

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.

Matthew 7:5

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.

Deuteronomy 19:21

And your eye shall not pity. Life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Luke 6:42

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.

Matthew 6:23

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!

Luke 6:41

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?

2 Chronicles 16:9

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.

1 Corinthians 12:21

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.

Matthew 5:29

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.

Matthew 18:9

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.

2 Kings 6:17

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.

Psalm 119:18

Open my eyes, so that I may behold wonderful things out of Your Law.

Zechariah 2:8

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.

Isaiah 44:18

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.

1 Corinthians 15:52

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.

2 Corinthians 4:18

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.

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Eyes » The jewish women often painted

Jeremiah 4:30

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.

Ezekiel 23:40

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,

2 Kings 9:30

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

2 Kings 25:7

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.

Judges 16:21

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.

1 Samuel 11:2

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

Psalm 88:9

My eye mourns because of affliction; O Jehovah, I have called daily on You; I have stretched out my hands to You.

Job 16:20

My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God.

Lamentations 1:16

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

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Eyes » Made red by wine

Genesis 49:12

His eyes shall be sparkling with wine, and his teeth white from milk.

Proverbs 23:29

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

Psalm 119:18

Open my eyes, so that I may behold wonderful things out of Your Law.

Eyes » The jews » Wore their phylacteries between

Matthew 23:5

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.

Exodus 13:16

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

Exodus 21:26

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

Genesis 27:1

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.

1 Samuel 3:2

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

Numbers 10:31

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.

Eyes » God » Opens

2 Kings 6:17

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.

Eyes » The jews » Raised up, in prayer

Psalm 121:1

A Song of degrees. I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where shall my help come from?

Psalm 123:1

A Song of degrees. To You I lift up my eyes, O Dweller in Heaven.

Eyes » A guard to be set on

Proverbs 23:31

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

Luke 11:34

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.

Eyes » Consumed by grief

Psalm 6:7

My eye is dim because of grief; it wastes away because of all my enemies.

Psalm 31:9

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

Psalm 13:3

Look! Answer me, O Jehovah my God; enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

Ezra 9:8

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

Job 7:8

The eye of him who has seen me shall see me no more; Your eyes are on me, and I am gone.

Job 28:10

He cuts out rivers among the rocks; and His eye sees every precious thing.

Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The apple or ball

Deuteronomy 32:10

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

Eyes » Not satisfied with riches

Ecclesiastes 4:8

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

Eyes » Illustrative » Of the mind

Matthew 6:22-23

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

Leviticus 26:16

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

Leviticus 21:20

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

Proverbs 10:10

He who winks the eye causes sorrow; but a babbling fool shall fall.

Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The brow

Leviticus 14:9

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

Eyes » Frequently fair

1 Samuel 16:12

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

Psalm 101:3

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

Luke 18:13

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

Psalm 94:9

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

Job 16:16

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 7:21-23

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

Eyes Cared For

Ezekiel 23:40

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,

Eyes Harmed

Zechariah 2:8

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.

Eyes Opened

Genesis 3:5

for 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 27:1

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.

Eyes, Figurative Use

Numbers 24:3

And 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 19:25-27

For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall rise on the earth at the last;

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