44 Bible Verses about Eyes
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The eyes are like a lamp for the body. If your eye is clear (simple) (focused) (single minded), your whole body will be full of [spiritual] light.
Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye? Do you not consider the beam in your own eye?
The lamp of your body is your eye. When your eye is clear your entire body is full of light. When it is evil your body is full of darkness.
You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye. Then you can see to remove the speck out of your brother's eye.
Have no pity on him: Take 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: 'Let me remove the speck in your eye when you do not notice the beam in your own eye?' You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye. Then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
But if your eye is wicked, your body will be in darkness. If that light in you is really darkness, how great a darkness it must be.
Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye? Yet you do not consider the beam in your own eye.
The eyes of Jehovah keep close watch over the entire world. He gives strength (shows His strength) to (in behalf of) those whose hearts are loyal to him. You have acted foolishly! Therefore from now on you will always be at war.
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.
If your right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it away! It is better to lose a part of your body then to have your whole body destroyed in the ever-burning fires of the Valley of Hinnom.
Have the eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may know the hope of his calling, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the holy ones,
If your eye causes you stumbling, take it out and throw it away. It is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to be destroyed in ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna).
Let your eyes look straight ahead. Let you own eyes gaze (be fixed) straight in front of you.
Elisha prayed: O Jehovah, open his eyes that he may see. Jehovah answered his prayer. Elisha's servant looked up and saw the hillside covered with horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
The entire world, the desire of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of material wealth, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: 'He sent me after glory! He sent me to the nations that plundered you. For he that touches you touches the pupil of his eye.'
Happy and blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
They do not know or understand anything. Their eyes are plastered shut and cannot see. Their minds are closed and therefore they cannot understand.
Jehovah says: I will instruct you. I will teach you the way that you should go. I will advise you as my eyes watch over you.
All the ways of a man are pure (clean) in his own eyes. But Jehovah weighs the motives.
Remember, the eye of Jehovah is on those who respect him, on those who hope for his loving-kindness.
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last reverberation of the trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
I see everything that they do. They cannot hide anything from me. Their wickedness cannot be hidden; I can see it.
Each of the four living creatures has six wings. They are full of eyes around and within. Never resting day or night, they say: Holy, holy, holy, Jehovah God the Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.
We do not look at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen. For the things that are seen are temporal (for a season). But the things that are not seen are eternal.
From Thematic Bible
Eyes » The jewish women often painted
You are going to be destroyed! What are you going to do? Why do you dress in scarlet (crimson) and put on gold jewelry? Why do you wear eye shadow? You are making yourself beautiful for nothing. Your lovers despise you. They want to kill you.
Furthermore, they have even sent for men who come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent. They came and you bathed, painted your eyes and decorated yourselves with ornaments for them.
Jehu went to Jezreel. Jezebel had news of what happened. Painting her eyes and dressing her hair with ornaments, she put her head out of the window.
Eyes » Often put out as a punishment
They put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, chained him with iron bands and took him to Babylon.
The Philistines captured him and put his eyes out. They took him to Gaza, chained him with copper chains. They put him to work grinding at the mill in the prison.
Nahash answered: I will make a treaty with you on one condition. I will put out everyone's right eye and so bring disgrace on all Israel.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Weeping
My eyes grow weak because of my suffering. All day long I call out to you, O Jehovah. I stretch out my hands to you in prayer.
For these things I weep. My eye streams with water because the comforter who might give me new life is far from me. My children are desolate because the enemy is strong.
Eyes » Not satisfied with seeing
All things are wearisome; man is not able to tell. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
The grave 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 discord? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes?
Eyes » Illustrative » (open,) of spiritual illumination
Eyes » The jews » Wore their phylacteries between
They do everything to be seen by men. For example: they enlarge their scripture cases for their foreheads and lengthen the tassels on their garments.
This festival will be like a mark on your hand and like a band on your forehead, because Jehovah used his mighty hand to bring us out of Egypt.
Eyes » Punishment for injuring
If a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave, and destroys it, he shall let him go free because of his eye.
Eyes » Grows dim by age
Isaac was old and going blind. He called his older son Esau and said to him: Son! Esau answered: Here I am.
Eli was lying down in his usual place. His eyes became dim and he could not see.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Directing
Please do not leave us, Moses said. You know where we can camp in the desert. You can be our guide.
Jehovah says: I will instruct you. I will teach you the way that you should go. I will advise you as my eyes watch over you.
Eyes » God » Opens
Elisha prayed: O Jehovah, open his eyes that he may see. Jehovah answered his prayer. Elisha's servant looked up and saw the hillside covered with horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
Jehovah opens the eyes of the blind. Jehovah raises up those who are bowed down. Jehovah loves the righteous.
Eyes » The jews » Raised up, in prayer
Eyes » A guard to be set on
Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it shines in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Eyes » The light of the body
The lamp of your body is your eye. When your eye is clear your entire body is full of light. When it is evil your body is full of darkness.
The eyes are like a lamp for the body. If your eye is clear (simple) (focused) (single minded), your whole body will be full of [spiritual] light.
Eyes » Consumed by grief
Be gracious to me, O Jehovah, because I am in distress. My eyes, my life, and my body waste away with grief.
Eyes » God » Enlightens
Look at me! Answer me, O Jehovah my God! Light up my eyes, or else I will die.
Now for a little time grace (favour) has come to us from Jehovah our God, to let a small band of us go free and to give us a nail in his holy place. Our God gives light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Seeing
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The apple or ball
He found his people in a desert land, in a barren place where animals howl. He guarded them, took care of them, and protected them because they were the precious apple (pupil) of his eye.
Eyes » The jews » Not to make baldness between
You are the sons of Jehovah your God. Do not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead.
Eyes » Not satisfied with riches
There is a man who is by himself, without a companion. He is without son or brother. There is no end to all his work. He never has enough wealth. Nor is his eye satisfied with riches. He never asks: For whom do I labor and deprive myself of pleasure? This too is vanity and a terrible problem.
Eyes » Illustrative » (anointing with eyesalve,) of healing by the spirit
I counsel you to buy gold from me, gold purified by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be clothed. In this way the shame of your nakedness will not appear. And anoint your eyes with eye salve, so that you may see.
Eyes » Illustrative » Of the mind
The eyes are like a lamp for the body. If your eye is clear (simple) (focused) (single minded), your whole body will be full of [spiritual] light. But if your eye is wicked, your body will be in darkness. If that light in you is really darkness, how great a darkness it must be.
Eyes » Consumed by sickness
then this is what I will do to you: I will terrorize you with disease and fever. You will suffer from eye problems and depression. You will plant your crops and get nothing because your enemies will eat them.
Eyes » Sometimes blemished
who is a hunchback or dwarf, who has defective sight, skin diseases, or crushed testicles.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Winking
He who winks the eye [in a jesture of malice] causes trouble. A babbling fool will fall.
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The brow
On the seventh day you should again shave your head, your beard, your eyebrows, and all the rest of the hair on your body. You should wash your clothes and take a bath. Then you will be ritually clean.
Eyes » God » Made
Eyes » The light of, rejoices the heart
The light of the eyes rejoices the heart: and a good report makes the bones healthy.
Eyes » Frequently fair
Jesse sent for him. He was a handsome, healthy young man, and his eyes sparkled. Jehovah said to Samuel: This is the one. Anoint him!
Eyes » Sometimes tender
Eyes » Not evil thing to be set before
I will set no wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of unfaithful people. I want no part of it.
Eyes » The jews » Cast, on the ground in humiliation
But the tax collector stood far away and would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven. He beat his breast, saying: God, be merciful to me a sinner.
Eyes » God » Formed
God created ears. Do you think he cannot hear? He formed eyes. Do you think he cannot see?
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The lid
Eyes » Grows dim by sorrow
Topics on Eyes
Evil Eyes
Mark 7:21-23It is from the heart that evil thoughts come such as: fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
Eyes Cared For
Ezekiel 23:40Furthermore, they have even sent for men who come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent. They came and you bathed, painted your eyes and decorated yourselves with ornaments for them.
Eyes Harmed
Zechariah 2:8Jehovah of Hosts proclaims: 'He sent me after glory! He sent me to the nations that plundered you. For he that touches you touches the pupil of his eye.'
Eyes In Prophecy
Revelation 1:14His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were like a flame of fire.
Eyes Opened
Genesis 3:5God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened. Then you will be like God, knowing good and evil.
Eyes, Affected By
Genesis 27:1Isaac was old and going blind. He called his older son Esau and said to him: Son! Esau answered: Here I am.
Eyes, Figurative Use
Numbers 24:3He uttered this prophecy: The message of Balaam son of Beor. These are the words of the man who can see clearly.
Eyes, Used In Prophecies
Job 19:25-27I know that my redeemer lives, and in later days he will take his stand on the earth.
Eyes, Used Of God
Habakkuk 1:13Your eyes are too pure to look at evil. You cannot look at perversity. Why do you look at treacherous persons and not act? Why do you keep quiet when the wicked destroy the man who is more righteous?
Good Eyes
Deuteronomy 34:7Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eye was not dim, nor his vigor abated.
Jesus Eyes
Revelation 1:14His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were like a flame of fire.
Lust Of The Eyes
1 John 2:16The entire world, the desire of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of material wealth, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
