'Eyes' in the Bible

Then He touched their eyes, saying, “Let it be done for you according to your faith!”

And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus warned them sternly, “Be sure that no one finds out!”

For this people’s heart has grown callous;their ears are hard of hearing,and they have shut their eyes;otherwise they might see with their eyesand hear with their ears,understand with their heartsand turn back—and I would cure them.

“But your eyes are blessed because they do see, and your ears because they do hear!

And if your eye causes your downfall, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, rather than to have two eyes and be thrown into hellfire!

“Lord,” they said to Him, “open our eyes!”

Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they could see, and they followed Him.

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:The stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone.This came from the Lordand is wonderful in our eyes?

And He came again and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open.

Do you have eyes, and not see, and do you have ears, and not hear? And do you not remember?

He took the blind man by the hand and brought him out of the village. Spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?”

Again Jesus placed His hands on the man’s eyes, and he saw distinctly. He was cured and could see everything clearly.

And if your eye causes your downfall, gouge it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

This came from the Lordand is wonderful in our eyes?”

And He came again and found them sleeping, because they could not keep their eyes open. They did not know what to say to Him.

For my eyes have seen Your salvation.

He then rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. And the eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him.

Then turning to His disciples He said privately, “The eyes that see the things you see are blessed!

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even raise his eyes to heaven but kept striking his chest and saying, ‘God, turn Your wrath from me—a sinner!’

saying, “If you knew this day what would bring peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.

Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized Him, but He disappeared from their sight.

“Don’t you say, ‘There are still four more months, then comes the harvest’? Listen to what I’m telling you: Open your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ready for harvest.

After He said these things He spit on the ground, made some mud from the saliva, and spread the mud on his eyes.

Therefore they asked him, “Then how were your eyes opened?”

He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and told me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So when I went and washed I received my sight.”

The day that Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.

So again the Pharisees asked him how he received his sight.“He put mud on my eyes,” he told them. “I washed and I can see.”

Again they asked the blind man, “What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?”“He’s a prophet,” he said.

“But we don’t know how he now sees, and we don’t know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he’s of age. He will speak for himself.”

Then they asked him, “What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?”

“This is an amazing thing,” the man told them. “You don’t know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes!

Throughout history no one has ever heard of someone opening the eyes of a person born blind.

Others were saying, “These aren’t the words of someone demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

But some of them said, “Couldn’t He who opened the blind man’s eyes also have kept this man from dying?”

So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You heard Me.

He has blinded their eyesand hardened their hearts,so that they would not see with their eyesor understand with their hearts,and be converted,and I would heal them.

Then Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.

At once something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized.

Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down, prayed, and turning toward the body said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, saw Peter, and sat up.

to open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that by faith in Me they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified.’

For the hearts of these peoplehave grown callous,their ears are hard of hearing,and they have shut their eyes;otherwise they might see with their eyesand hear with their ears,understand with their heart,and be converted,and I would heal them.

There is no fear of God before their eyes.

as it is written:God gave them a spirit of insensitivity,eyes that cannot seeand ears that cannot hear,to this day.

Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,and their backs be bent continually.

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Try to do what is honorable in everyone’s eyes.

You foolish Galatians! Who has hypnotized you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified?

What happened to this sense of being blessed you had? For I testify to you that, if possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.

I pray that the perception of your mind may be enlightened so you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the glorious riches of His inheritance among the saints,

No creature is hidden from Him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.

keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne.

Instead, it should consist of what is inside the heart with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very valuable in God’s eyes.

because the eyes of the Lord are on the righteousand His ears are open to their request.But the face of the Lord is againstthose who do what is evil.

They have eyes full of adultery and are always looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!

What was from the beginning,what we have heard,what we have seen with our eyes,what we have observedand have touched with our hands,concerning the Word of life—

But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and doesn’t know where he’s going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

His head and hair were white like wool—white as snow—and His eyes like a fiery flame.

“Write to the angel of the church in Thyatira:“The Son of God, the One whose eyes are like a fiery flame and whose feet are like fine bronze, says:

I advise you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire so that you may be rich, white clothes so that you may be dressed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed, and ointment to spread on your eyes so that you may see.

Something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal, was also before the throne. Four living creatures covered with eyes in front and in back were in the middle and around the throne.

Each of the four living creatures had six wings; they were covered with eyes around and inside. Day and night they never stop, saying:Holy, holy, holy,Lord God, the Almighty,who was, who is, and who is coming.

Then I saw One like a slaughtered lamb standing between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent into all the earth.

For the Lamb who is at the center of the thronewill shepherd them;He will guide them to springs of living waters,and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

His eyes were like a fiery flame, and many crowns were on His head. He had a name written that no one knows except Himself.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes.Death will no longer exist;grief, crying, and pain will exist no longer,because the previous things have passed away.