44 Bible Verses about Eyes
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"The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?
Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, your body is full of darkness.
You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.
How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,' while you yourself don't see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?
Certainly the Lord watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war.
The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you," nor in turn can the head say to the foot, "I do not need you."
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.
-- since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened -- so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.
Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.
Then Elisha prayed, "O Lord, open his eyes so he can see." The Lord opened the servant's eyes and he saw that the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law!
because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.
For the Lord who rules over all says to me that for his own glory he has sent me to the nations that plundered you -- for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye.
They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.
I will instruct and teach you about how you should live. I will advise you as I look you in the eye.
All a person's ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.
Look, the Lord takes notice of his loyal followers, those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulness
in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it.
Each one of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes all around and inside. They never rest day or night, saying: "Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, Who was and who is, and who is still to come!"
because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.
From Thematic Bible
Eyes » The jewish women often painted
And you, Zion, city doomed to destruction, you accomplish nothing by wearing a beautiful dress, decking yourself out in jewels of gold, and putting on eye shadow! You are making yourself beautiful for nothing. Your lovers spurn you. They want to kill you.
"They even sent for men from far away; when the messenger arrived, those men set out. For them you bathed, painted your eyes, and decorated yourself with jewelry.
Jehu approached Jezreel. When Jezebel heard the news, she put on some eye liner, fixed up her hair, and leaned out the window.
Eyes » Often put out as a punishment
Zedekiah's sons were executed while Zedekiah was forced to watch. The king of Babylon then had Zedekiah's eyes put out, bound him in bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon.
The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison.
But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "The only way I will make a treaty with you is if you let me gouge out the right eye of every one of you and in so doing humiliate all Israel!"
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Weeping
My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.
(Ayin) I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolated because an enemy has prevailed.
Eyes » Not satisfied with seeing
All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.
As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.
Eyes » Made red by wine
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?
Eyes » Illustrative » (open,) of spiritual illumination
Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law!
Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! Revive me with your word!
Eyes » The jews » Wore their phylacteries between
They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.
It will be for a sign on your hand and for frontlets on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt."
Eyes » Punishment for injuring
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
"If a man strikes the eye of his male servant or his female servant so that he destroys it, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
Eyes » Grows dim by age
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son!" "Here I am!" Esau replied.
Eli's eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Directing
Moses said, "Do not leave us, because you know places for us to camp in the wilderness, and you could be our guide.
I will instruct and teach you about how you should live. I will advise you as I look you in the eye.
Eyes » God » Opens
Then Elisha prayed, "O Lord, open his eyes so he can see." The Lord opened the servant's eyes and he saw that the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
The Lord gives sight to the blind. The Lord lifts up all who are bent over. The Lord loves the godly.
Eyes » The jews » Raised up, in prayer
A song of ascents. I look up toward the hills. From where does my help come?
Eyes » A guard to be set on
Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Eyes » The light of the body
Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, your body is full of darkness.
"The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.
Eyes » Consumed by grief
Have mercy on me, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.
Eyes » God » Enlightens
"But now briefly we have received mercy from the Lord our God, in that he has left us a remnant and has given us a secure position in his holy place. Thus our God has enlightened our eyes and has given us a little relief in our time of servitude.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Seeing
The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.
He has cut out channels through the rocks; his eyes have spotted every precious thing.
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The apple or ball
The Lord found him in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye.
Eyes » The jews » Not to make baldness between
You are children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead.
Eyes » Not satisfied with riches
A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is futile and a burdensome task!
Eyes » Illustrative » (anointing with eyesalve,) of healing by the spirit
take my advice and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness will not be exposed, and buy eye salve to put on your eyes so you can see!
Eyes » Illustrative » Of the mind
"The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Eyes » Consumed by sickness
I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.
Eyes » Sometimes blemished
or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or one with a spot in his eye, or a festering eruption, or a feverish rash, or a crushed testicle.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Winking
The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The brow
When the seventh day comes he must shave all his hair -- his head, his beard, his eyebrows, all his hair -- and he must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and so be clean.
Eyes » God » Made
Eyes » The light of, rejoices the heart
Eyes » Frequently fair
So Jesse had him brought in. Now he was ruddy, with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. The Lord said, "Go and anoint him. This is the one!"
Eyes » Sometimes tender
Eyes » Not evil thing to be set before
I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it.
Eyes » The jews » Cast, on the ground in humiliation
The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!'
Eyes » God » Formed
Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see?
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 human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder,
Eyes Cared For
Ezekiel 23:40"They even sent for men from far away; when the messenger arrived, those men set out. For them you bathed, painted your eyes, and decorated yourself with jewelry.
Eyes Harmed
Zechariah 2:8For the Lord who rules over all says to me that for his own glory he has sent me to the nations that plundered you -- for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye.
Eyes In Prophecy
Revelation 1:14His head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame.
Eyes Opened
Genesis 3:5for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like divine beings who know good and evil."
Eyes, Affected By
Genesis 27:1When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son!" "Here I am!" Esau replied.
Eyes, Figurative Use
Numbers 24:3Then he uttered this oracle: "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;
Eyes, Used In Prophecies
Job 19:25-27As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth.
Eyes, Used Of God
Habakkuk 1:13You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?
Good Eyes
Deuteronomy 34:7Moses was 120 years old when he died, but his eye was not dull nor had his vitality departed.
Jesus Eyes
Revelation 1:14His head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame.
Lust Of The Eyes
1 John 2:16because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.