44 Bible Verses about Eyes
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'The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,
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?
'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;
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.
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
and thine eye doth not pity -- life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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.
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!
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?
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.'
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.'
'But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.
the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, for your knowing what is the hope of His calling, and what the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
'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.
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.
Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.
because all that is in the world -- the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,
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.
They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.
I cause thee to act wisely, And direct thee in the way that thou goest, I cause mine eye to take counsel concerning thee.
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:
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.
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;'
we not looking to the things seen, but to the things not seen; for the things seen are temporary, but the things not seen are age-during.
From Thematic Bible
Eyes » The jewish women often painted
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.
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
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
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
Uncover mine eyes, and I behold wonders out of Thy law.
Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
Eyes » The jews » Wore their phylacteries between
'And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
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
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
'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
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.'
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
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;
I cause thee to act wisely, And direct thee in the way that thou goest, I cause mine eye to take counsel concerning thee.
Eyes » God » Opens
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.
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
A Song of the Ascents. I lift up mine eyes unto the hills, Whence doth my help come?
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
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
'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;
'The lamp of the body is the eye, if, therefore, thine eye may be perfect, all thy body shall be enlightened,
Eyes » Consumed by grief
Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,
Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.
Eyes » God » Enlightens
Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death,
'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
The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes are upon me -- and I am not.
Among rocks, brooks he hath cleaved, And every precious thing hath his eye seen.
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The apple or ball
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
Sons ye are to Jehovah your God; ye do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;
Eyes » Not satisfied with riches
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
I counsel thee to buy from me gold fired by fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white garments that thou mayest be arrayed, and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifest, and with eye-salve anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
Eyes » Illustrative » Of the mind
'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
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
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
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The brow
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
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
and the eyes of Leah are tender, and Rachel hath been fair of form and fair of appearance.
Eyes » Not evil thing to be set before
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
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
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 heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders,
Eyes Cared For
Ezekiel 23:40And 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 2:8For 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 In Prophecy
Revelation 1:14and his head and hairs white, as if white wool -- as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;
Eyes Opened
Genesis 3:5for 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 27:1And 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 24:3and 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 19:25-27That -- I have known my Redeemer, The Living and the Last, For the dust he doth rise.
Eyes, Used Of God
Habakkuk 1:13Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,
Good Eyes
Deuteronomy 34:7And Moses is a son of a hundred and twenty years when he dieth; his eye hath not become dim, nor hath his moisture fled.
Jesus Eyes
Revelation 1:14and his head and hairs white, as if white wool -- as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;
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 ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,