20 Bible Verses about Those Who Saw God

In the year of King Uzziah's death, I saw the sovereign master seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the temple.

I said, "Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies."

Yes, in the sanctuary I have seen you, and witnessed your power and splendor.

I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you.

I saw the sovereign One standing by the altar and he said, "Strike the tops of the support pillars, so the thresholds shake! Knock them down on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the survivors with the sword. No one will be able to run away; no one will be able to escape.

So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "Here I have seen one who sees me!"

So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, "Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived."

With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"

By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king's anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible.

and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement made of sapphire, clear like the sky itself.

But he did not lay a hand on the leaders of the Israelites, so they saw God, and they ate and they drank.

When Gideon realized that it was the Lord's messenger, he said, "Oh no! Master, Lord! I have seen the Lord's messenger face to face!"

Manoah said to his wife, "We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!"

the oracle of the one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, although falling flat on the ground with eyes open:

"See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.

(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God -- he has seen the Father.)

and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me.

Jesus replied, "Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him."

If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.