'Eyes' in the Bible

Incline thine ear, Jehovah, and hear; open, Jehovah, thine eyes, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent him to reproach the living God.

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted the voice? Against the Holy one of Israel hast thou lifted up thine eyes on high.

Therefore, behold, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

and slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with chains of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

And all the congregation said that they should do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Is it, in thine eyes, to honour thy father that David has sent comforters to thee? Is it not to search and overthrow, and to spy out the land that his servants are come to thee?

And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah stand between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. And David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.

that thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place in which thou hast said thou wouldest put thy name: to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

Now, my God, I beseech thee, let thine eyes be open and let thine ears be attentive unto the prayer that is made in this place.

Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attentive to the prayer made in this place;

for I have now chosen and hallowed this house, that my name may be there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

but I gave no credit to their words, until I came and mine eyes had seen; and behold, the half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: thou exceedest the report that I heard.

For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro through the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

Our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might in presence of this great company which cometh against us, neither know we what to do; but our eyes are upon thee.

Therefore the wrath of Jehovah has been upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to vexation, to desolation, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.

Behold, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof. And they brought the king word again.

And now for a little space there hath been favour from Jehovah our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

And it came to pass that when all our enemies heard of it, all the nations that were about us were afraid and were much cast down in their own eyes, and they perceived that this work was wrought by our God.

For the act of the queen will come abroad to all women, so as to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when they shall say, The king Ahasuerus commanded the queen Vashti to be brought in before him, and she came not!

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice and wept. And they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward the heavens.

Because it shut not up the doors of the womb that bore me, and hid not trouble from mine eyes.

It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice:

The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and all refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope shall be the breathing out of life.

Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?

His anger teareth and pursueth me; he gnasheth with his teeth against me; as mine adversary he sharpeneth his eyes at me.

He that betrayeth friends for a prey even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another: my reins are consumed within me.

Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.

His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the fury of the Almighty.

When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.

God setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.

He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;

I made a covenant with mine eyes; and how should I fix my regard upon a maid?

If my step have turned out of the way, and my heart followed mine eyes, and if any blot cleaveth to my hands;

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

And these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his steps.

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne doth he even set them for ever; and they are exalted.

From thence he spieth out the prey, his eyes look into the distance;

His sneezings flash light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

Insolent fools shall not stand before thine eyes; thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.

Jehovah is in the temple of his holiness; Jehovah, his throne is in the heavens: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men.

Consider, answer me, O Jehovah my God! lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

In whose eyes the depraved person is contemned, and who honoureth them that fear Jehovah; who, if he have sworn to his own hurt, changeth it not;

Let my judgment come forth from thy presence, let thine eyes regard equity.

They have now encompassed us in our steps; their eyes have they set, bowing down to the earth.

For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.

The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes;

Mine eyes are ever toward Jehovah; for he will bring my feet out of the net.

For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.

As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes; nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

The eyes of Jehovah are upon the righteous, and his ears are toward their cry;

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of the servant of Jehovah; of David.} The transgression of the wicked uttereth within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.

For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, even when his iniquity is found to be hateful.

My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes observe the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not, and make their loins continually to shake.

Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart:

When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes;

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the reward of the wicked.

I will set no thing of Belial before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.

They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, my feet from falling.

This is of Jehovah; it is wonderful in our eyes.

Open mine eyes, and I shall behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.

Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy word.

{A Song of degrees.} I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?

{A Song of degrees.} Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are directed to Jehovah our God, until he be gracious unto us.

{A Song of degrees. Of David.} Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in great matters, and in things too wonderful for me.

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, slumber to mine eyelids,

They have a mouth, and they speak not; eyes have they, and they see not;

Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all my members were written; during many days were they fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

For unto thee, Jehovah, Lord, are mine eyes; in thee do I trust: leave not my soul destitute.

The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their food in its season.

Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind; Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down; Jehovah loveth the righteous;

Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil:

My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:

he winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.