44 Bible Verses about Eyes
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The light of the body is thine eye: wherefore if thine eye be single, all thy body shall be full of light.
Why seest thou a mote in thy brother's eye, and perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
The light of thy body is the eye. Therefore, when thine eye is single: then is all thy body full of light. But if thine eye be evil: then shall all thy body also be full of darkness.
"Hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to pluck out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
"Ye have heard how it is said, 'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.'
And let thine eye have no compassion, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
Either, how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye: when thou perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Hypocrite, cast out the beam out of thine own eye first, and then shalt thou see perfectly, to pull out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
But and if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shall be full of darkness. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkness: how great is that darkness?
Why seest thou a mote in thy brother's eye, and considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
For the eyes of the LORD behold all the earth, to strengthen the hearts of them that are whole with him. Herein thou hast done foolishly, and therefore from henceforth thou shalt have war."
And the eye cannot say unto the hand, "I have no need of thee," nor the head also to the feet, "I have no need of you."
Wherfore if thy right eye offend thee, pluck him out, and cast him from thee: better it is for thee that one of thy members perish, than that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
and lighten the eyes of your minds, that ye might know what thing that hope is, whereunto he hath called you, and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is upon the saints,
And if also thine eye offend thee, pluck him out and cast him from thee. It is better for thee to enter in to life with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hellfire.
Let thine eyes behold the thing that is right, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
And Elisha prayed and said, "LORD open the eyes of the young man," and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
For all that is in the world - as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of goods - are not of the father: but of the world.
For thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: With a glorious power hath he sent me out to the Heathen, which spoiled you: for whoso toucheth you, shall touch the apple of his own eye.
Yet men neither consider nor understand; because their eyes are stopped that they cannot see, and their hearts, that they can not perceive.
I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go; and I will guide thee with mine eye.
A man thinketh all his ways to be clean; but it is the LORD that fashioneth the minds.
Behold, the eye of the LORD looketh unto them that fear him, and upon them that put their trust in his mercy,
and that in a moment, and in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet. For the trumpet shall blow, and the dead shall rise incorruptible: And we shall be changed.
For mine eyes behold all their ways, and they cannot be hid from my face; neither can their wicked deeds be kept close out of my sight.
And the four beasts had, each one of them, six wings about him, and they were full of eyes within. And they had no rest day neither night saying, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God almighty, which was, and is, and is to come."
while we look not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen. For things which are seen, are temporal: but things which are not seen are eternal.
From Thematic Bible
Eyes » The jewish women often painted
What wilt thou now do, thou being destroyed? For though thou clothest thyself with scarlet, and deckest thee with gold. Though thou paintest thy face with colors, yet shalt thou trim thyself in vain. For those that hitherto have been thy great favorers, shall abhor thee, and go about to slay thee.
Beside all this, thou hast sent thy messengers for men out of far countries: and when they came, thou hast bathed, trimmed and set forth thyself of the best fashion.
And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and starched her eyes and attired her head and looked out at 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 fettered him, and carried him to Babylon.
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes; and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters. And he was made to grind in the prison house.
"Make a covenant with us and we will be thy servants." And Nahash the Ammonite said, "Hereto will I make a covenant with you: even to thrust out all your right eyes, that I may bring that shame upon all Israel."
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Weeping
My sight faileth for very trouble: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched forth my hands unto thee.
{Ayin} Therefore do I weep, and mine eyes gush out of water: for the comforter that should quicken me is far from me. My children are driven away. For why? The enemy hath gotten the over hand.
Eyes » Not satisfied with seeing
All things are so hard, that no man can express them. The eye is not satisfied with sight; the ear is not filled with hearing.
Like as hell and destruction are never full, even so the eyes of men can never be satisfied.
Eyes » Made red by wine
Where is woe? Where is sorrow? Where is strife? Where is brawling? Where are wounds without cause? Where be red eyes?
Eyes » Illustrative » (open,) of spiritual illumination
O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Eyes » The jews » Wore their phylacteries between
All their works they do, for to be seen of men. They set abroad their phylacteries, and make large borders on their garments,
And this shall be as a token in thine hand, and as a thing hanged up between thine eyes: because the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand."
Eyes » Punishment for injuring
If a man smite his servant or his maid in the eye and put it out, he shall let them go free for the eye's sake.
Eyes » Grows dim by age
And it came to pass that Isaac waxed old and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see. Then called he Esau, his eldest son, and said unto him, "My son." And he said unto him, "Here am I."
And it chanced at that time, that Eli lay in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim that he could not see.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Directing
And Moses said, "Oh nay, leave us not, for thou knowest where is best for us to pitch in the wilderness: and thou shalt be our eyes.
I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way wherein thou shalt go; and I will guide thee with mine eye.
Eyes » God » Opens
And Elisha prayed and said, "LORD open 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 giveth sight to the blind. The LORD helpeth them up that are fallen; the LORD loveth the righteous.
Eyes » The jews » Raised up, in prayer
{A song of the stairs} I lift up mine eyes unto the hills; from whence cometh my help?
{A song of the stairs} Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
Eyes » A guard to be set on
Look not thou upon the wine, how red it is, and what a color it giveth in the glass.
Eyes » The light of the body
The light of thy body is the eye. Therefore, when thine eye is single: then is all thy body full of light. But if thine eye be evil: then shall all thy body also be full of darkness.
The light of the body is thine eye: wherefore if thine eye be single, all thy body shall be full of light.
Eyes » Consumed by grief
My beauty is gone for very trouble, and worn away because of all mine enemies.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble, and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness, yea my soul and my body.
Eyes » God » Enlightens
Consider, and hear me, O LORD my God. Lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death,
But now is there a little and sudden graciousness come from the LORD our God, so that some of us are escaped: that he may give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may light our eyes, and give us a little life in our bondage.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Seeing
Rivers flow out of the rocks, and look: what is pleasant, his eye seeth it.
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The apple or ball
"He found him in a desert land, in a void ground and a roaring wilderness. He led him about and gave him understanding, and kept him as the apple of his eye.
Eyes » The jews » Not to make baldness between
Ye are the children of the LORD your God; cut not yourselves nor make you any baldness between the eyes for any man's death.
Eyes » Not satisfied with riches
There is one man, no more but himself alone, having neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of his careful travail, his eyes cannot be satisfied with riches. Yet, doth he not remember himself, and say, "For whom do I take such travail? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my life?" This is also a vain and miserable thing.
Eyes » Illustrative » (anointing with eyesalve,) of healing by the spirit
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich: and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, that thy filthy nakedness do not appear: and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see.
Eyes » Illustrative » Of the mind
The light of the body is thine eye: wherefore if thine eye be single, all thy body shall be full of light. But and if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shall be full of darkness. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkness: how great is that darkness?
Eyes » Consumed by sickness
then I will do this again unto you: I will visit you with vexations, swelling, and fevers, that shall make your eyes dazzle; and with sorrows of heart. And ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Eyes » Sometimes blemished
or crook backed, or perleyed, or goggle eyed, or mangy or skald, or hath his stones broken.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Winking
He that winketh with his eye, will do some harm; but he that hath a foolish mouth shall be beaten.
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The brow
When the seventh day is come, he shall shave off all his hair both upon his head and his beard and on his brows: and even all the hair that is on him, shall be shaven off. And he shall wash his clothes and his flesh in water, and then he shall be clean.
Eyes » God » Made
As for the hearing of the ear and the sight of the eye, the LORD hath made them both.
Eyes » The light of, rejoices the heart
Like as the clearness of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; so doth a good name feed the bones.
Eyes » Frequently fair
And he sent and brought him in. And he was brown with goodly eyes, and well favoured in sight. And then the LORD said, "Up and anoint him: for this is he."
Eyes » Sometimes tender
Eyes » Not evil thing to be set before
I will take no wicked thing in hand. I hate the sin of unfaithfulness; it shall not cleave unto me.
Eyes » The jews » Cast, on the ground in humiliation
And the publican stood afar off, and would not lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote his breast, saying, 'God be merciful to me, a sinner.'
Eyes » God » Formed
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that made the eye, shall not he see?
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The lid
Eyes » Grows dim by sorrow
Mine eye is dim for very heaviness, and all my strength is become like a shadow.
Topics on Eyes
Evil Eyes
Mark 7:21-23For from within even out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts: adultery, fornication, murder,
Eyes Cared For
Ezekiel 23:40Beside all this, thou hast sent thy messengers for men out of far countries: and when they came, thou hast bathed, trimmed and set forth thyself of the best fashion.
Eyes Harmed
Zechariah 2:8For thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: With a glorious power hath he sent me out to the Heathen, which spoiled you: for whoso toucheth you, shall touch the apple of his own eye.
Eyes In Prophecy
Revelation 1:14His head and his hairs were white, as white wool, and as snow: and his eyes were as a flame of fire:
Eyes Opened
Genesis 3:5but God doth know, that whensoever ye should eat of it, your eyes should be opened and ye should be as God and know both good and evil."
Eyes, Affected By
Genesis 27:1And it came to pass that Isaac waxed old and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see. Then called he Esau, his eldest son, and said unto him, "My son." And he said unto him, "Here am I."
Eyes, Figurative Use
Numbers 24:3And he took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor hath said;
Eyes, Guarded
Psalm 119:37O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Eyes, Used In Prophecies
Job 19:25-27"For I am sure that my redeemer liveth, and that I shall rise out of the earth in the latter day:
Eyes, Used Of God
Habakkuk 1:13Thine eyes are clean, thou mayest not see evil, thou cannot behold the thing that is wicked. Wherefore then doest thou look upon the ungodly, and holdest thy tongue, when the wicked devoureth the man that is better than himself?
Good Eyes
Deuteronomy 34:7And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, and yet his eyes were not dim nor his cheeks abated.
Jesus Eyes
Revelation 1:14His head and his hairs were white, as white wool, and as snow: and his eyes were as a flame of fire:
Lust Of The Eyes
1 John 2:16For all that is in the world - as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of goods - are not of the father: but of the world.