44 Bible Verses about Eyes

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Matthew 7:3

And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and the beam that is in thine own eye dost not consider?

Luke 11:34

'The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;

Matthew 7:5

Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Deuteronomy 19:21

and thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Luke 6:42

or how art thou able to say to thy brother, Brother, suffer, I may take out the mote that is in thine eye -- thyself the beam in thine own eye not beholding? Hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to take out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

Luke 6:41

And why dost thou behold the mote that is in thy brother's eye, and the beam that is in thine own eye dost not consider?

2 Chronicles 16:9

for Jehovah -- His eyes go to and fro in all the earth, to show Himself strong for a people whose heart is perfect towards Him; thou hast been foolish concerning this, because -- henceforth there are with thee wars.'

1 Corinthians 12:21

and an eye is not able to say to the hand, 'I have no need of thee;' nor again the head to the feet, 'I have no need of you.'

Matthew 18:9

'And if thine eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee; it is good for thee one-eyed to enter into the life, rather than having two eyes to be cast to the gehenna of the fire.

Proverbs 4:25

Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.

2 Kings 6:17

And Elisha prayeth, and saith, 'Jehovah, open, I pray Thee, his eyes, and he doth see;' and Jehovah openeth the eyes of the young man, and he seeth, and lo, the hill is full of horses and chariots of fire, round about Elisha.

Zechariah 2:8

For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: After honour He hath sent me unto the nations who are spoiling you, For he who is coming against you, Is coming against the daughter of His eye.

Isaiah 44:18

They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.

1 Corinthians 15:52

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we -- we shall be changed:

Jeremiah 16:17

For Mine eyes are upon all their ways, They have not been hidden from My face, Nor hath their iniquity been concealed from before Mine eyes.

Revelation 4:8

And the four living creatures, each by itself severally, had six wings, around and within are full of eyes, and rest they have not day and night, saying, 'Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is coming;'

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Eyes » The jewish women often painted

Jeremiah 4:30

And thou, O spoiled one, what dost thou? For thou puttest on scarlet, For thou adornest thyself with ornaments of gold. For thou rendest with pain thine eyes, In vain thou dost make thyself fair, Kicked against thee have doting ones, Thy life they do seek.

Ezekiel 23:40

And also that they send to men coming from afar, Unto whom a messenger is sent, And lo, they have come in for whom thou hast washed, Painted thine eyes, and put on adornment.

2 Kings 9:30

And Jehu cometh in to Jezreel, and Jezebel hath heard, and putteth her eyes in paint and maketh right her head, and looketh out through the window.

Eyes » Often put out as a punishment

2 Kings 25:7

And the sons of Zedekiah they have slaughtered before his eyes, and the eyes of Zedekiah he hath blinded, and bindeth him with brazen fetters, and they bring him to Babylon.

Judges 16:21

And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with two brazen fetters; and he is grinding in the prison-house.

1 Samuel 11:2

And Nahash the Ammonite saith unto them, 'For this I covenant with you, by picking out to you every right eye -- and I have put it a reproach on all Israel.'

Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Weeping

Psalm 88:9

Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.

Job 16:20

My interpreter is my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped:

Lamentations 1:16

For these I am weeping, My eye, my eye, is running down with waters, For, far from me hath been a comforter, Refreshing my soul, My sons have been desolate, For mighty hath been an enemy.

Eyes » Not satisfied with seeing

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All these things are wearying; a man is not able to speak, the eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor filled is the ear from hearing.

Eyes » Made red by wine

Genesis 49:12

Red are eyes with wine, And white are teeth with milk!

Proverbs 23:29

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

Eyes » Illustrative » (open,) of spiritual illumination

Eyes » The jews » Wore their phylacteries between

Matthew 23:5

'And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,

Exodus 13:16

and it hath been for a token on thy hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes, for by strength of hand hath Jehovah brought us out of Egypt.'

Eyes » Punishment for injuring

Exodus 21:26

'And when a man smiteth the eye of his man-servant, or the eye of his handmaid, and hath destroyed it, as a freeman he doth send him away for his eye;

Eyes » Grows dim by age

Genesis 27:1

And it cometh to pass that Isaac is aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, 'My son;' and he saith unto him, 'Here am I.'

1 Samuel 3:2

And it cometh to pass, at that time, that Eli is lying down in his place, and his eyes have begun to be dim -- he is not able to see.

Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Directing

Numbers 10:31

And he saith, 'I pray thee, forsake us not, because thou hast known our encamping in the wilderness, and thou hast been to us for eyes;

Eyes » God » Opens

2 Kings 6:17

And Elisha prayeth, and saith, 'Jehovah, open, I pray Thee, his eyes, and he doth see;' and Jehovah openeth the eyes of the young man, and he seeth, and lo, the hill is full of horses and chariots of fire, round about Elisha.

Psalm 146:8

Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous,

Eyes » The jews » Raised up, in prayer

Psalm 121:1

A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come?

Psalm 123:1

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Thee I have lifted up mine eyes, O dweller in the heavens.

Eyes » A guard to be set on

Proverbs 23:31

See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.

Eyes » The light of the body

Luke 11:34

'The lamp of the body is the eye, when then thine eye may be simple, thy whole body also is lightened; and when it may be evil, thy body also is darkened;

Eyes » Consumed by grief

Psalm 6:7

Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,

Psalm 31:9

Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

Eyes » God » Enlightens

Psalm 13:3

Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,

Ezra 9:8

'And now, as a small moment hath grace been from Jehovah our God, to leave to us an escape, and to give to us a nail in His holy place, by our God's enlightening our eyes, and by giving us a little quickening in our servitude;

Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Seeing

Job 7:8

The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes are upon me -- and I am not.

Job 28:10

Among rocks, brooks he hath cleaved, And every precious thing hath his eye seen.

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

Deuteronomy 32:10

He findeth him in a land -- a desert, And in a void -- a howling wilderness, He turneth him round -- He causeth him to understand -- He keepeth him as the apple of His eye.

Eyes » The jews » Not to make baldness between

Eyes » Not satisfied with riches

Ecclesiastes 4:8

There is one, and there is not a second; even son or brother he hath not, and there is no end to all his labour! His eye also is not satisfied with riches, and he saith not, 'For whom am I labouring and bereaving my soul of good?' This also is vanity, it is a sad travail.

Eyes » Illustrative » (anointing with eyesalve,) of healing by the spirit

Eyes » Illustrative » Of the mind

Matthew 6:22-23

'The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened, but if thine eye may be evil, all thy body shall be dark; if, therefore, the light that is in thee is darkness -- the darkness, how great!

Eyes » Consumed by sickness

Leviticus 26:16

I also do this to you, and I have appointed over you trouble, the consumption, and the burning fever, consuming eyes, and causing pain of soul; and your seed in vain ye have sowed, and your enemies have eaten it;

Eyes » Sometimes blemished

Leviticus 21:20

or hump-backed, or a dwarf, or with a mixture in his eye, or a scurvy person, or scabbed, or broken-testicled.

Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Winking

Proverbs 10:10

Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.

Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The brow

Leviticus 14:9

And it hath been, on the seventh day -- he shaveth all his hair, his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair he doth shave, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed his flesh with water, and hath been clean.

Eyes » God » Made

Eyes » The light of, rejoices the heart

Eyes » Frequently fair

1 Samuel 16:12

And he sendeth, and bringeth him in, and he is ruddy, with beauty of eyes, and of good appearance; and Jehovah saith, 'Rise, anoint him, for this is he.'

Eyes » Sometimes tender

Eyes » Not evil thing to be set before

Psalm 101:3

I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.

Eyes » The jews » Cast, on the ground in humiliation

Luke 18:13

And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me -- the sinner!

Eyes » God » Formed

Psalm 94:9

He who planteth the ear doth He not hear? He who formeth the eye doth He not see?

Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The lid

Job 16:16

My face is foul with weeping, And on mine eyelids is death-shade.

Eyes » Grows dim by sorrow

Topics on Eyes

Evil Eyes

Mark 7:21-23

for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,

Eyes Cared For

Ezekiel 23:40

And also that they send to men coming from afar, Unto whom a messenger is sent, And lo, they have come in for whom thou hast washed, Painted thine eyes, and put on adornment.

Eyes Harmed

Zechariah 2:8

For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: After honour He hath sent me unto the nations who are spoiling you, For he who is coming against you, Is coming against the daughter of His eye.

Eyes Opened

Genesis 3:5

for God doth know that in the day of your eating of it -- your eyes have been opened, and ye have been as God, knowing good and evil.'

Eyes, Affected By

Genesis 27:1

And it cometh to pass that Isaac is aged, and his eyes are too dim for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, 'My son;' and he saith unto him, 'Here am I.'

Eyes, Figurative Use

Numbers 24:3

and he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor -- And an affirmation of the man whose eyes are shut --

Eyes, Used In Prophecies

Job 19:25-27

That -- I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise.

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