'Eyes' in the Bible

If I have stepped away from the way, or if my heart covets whatever my eyes see, or if some other blemish clings to my hands,

"If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow,

Yes, Job, his eyes constantly watch the behavior of human beings; he carefully observes their every step.

From there he searches for prey, and his eyes recognize it from a distance.

Are your eyes looking to capture him, or to pierce his snout with a bridle?"

"His snorting releases flashes of light; his eyes are like the rays of the dawn.

I've heard you with my ears; and now I've seen you with my eyes.

Their eyes secretly watch the helpless, lying in wait like a lion in his den. They lie in wait to catch the afflicted. They catch the afflicted when they pull him into their net.

The LORD is in his holy Temple; the LORD's throne is in the heavens. His eyes see, his glance examines humanity.

Look at me! Answer me, LORD, my God! Give light to my eyes! Otherwise, I will sleep in death;

Justice for me will come from your presence; your eyes see what is right.

Indeed, you deliver the oppressed, but you bring down those who exalt themselves in their own eyes.

The precepts of the LORD are upright, making the heart rejoice. The commandment of the LORD is pure, giving light to the eyes.

My eyes look to the LORD continuously, because he's the one who releases my feet from the trap.

Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes have been consumed by my grief along with my soul and my body.

Do not let my deceitful enemies gloat over me, nor let those who hate me without justification mock me with their eyes.

They open their mouth wide against me, claiming, "Yes! Yes! We saw him do it with our own eyes!"

An oracle that came to me about the transgressions of the wicked: There is no fear of God before his eyes.

These things you did, and I kept silent, because you assumed that I was like you. But now I am going to rebuke you, and I will set forth my case before your very own eyes."

for he has delivered me from every trouble, and my eyes have seen the end of my enemies. To the Director: With stringed instruments. A Davidic instruction.

He rules by his power forever, his eyes watching over the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Interlude

I am exhausted from calling for help. My throat is parched. My eyes are strained from looking for God.

May their eyes be blinded and may their bodies tremble continuously.

Their eyes bulge from obesity and the imaginations of their mind cross the border into sin.

You kept my eyes open; I was troubled and couldn't speak.

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let vengeance for the blood of your servants be meted out before our eyes and among the nations.

My eyes languish on account of my affliction; all day long I call out to you, LORD, I spread out my hands to you.

Only observe it with your eyes, and you will see how the wicked are paid back.

My eyes gloated over those who lie in wait for me; when those of evil intent attack me, my ears will hear.

The one who formed the ear can hear, can he not? The one who made the eyes can see, can he not?

My eyes are looking at the faithful of the land, so they may live with me; The one who lives a life of integrity will serve me.

They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see.

Indeed, you delivered my soul from death, my eyes from crying, and my feet from stumbling.

Then I will not be ashamed, since my eyes will be fixed on all of your commands.

Open my eyes so that I will observe amazing things from your instruction.

Turn my eyes away from gazing at worthless things, and revive me by your ways.

My eyes grow weary with respect to what you have promised I keep asking, "When will you comfort me?"

My eyes fail as I look for your salvation and for your righteous promise.

My eyes shed rivers of tears, when others do not obey your instruction. Tsade

I lift up my eyes toward the mountains from where will my help come?

To you, who sit enthroned in heaven, I lift up my eyes.

Consider this: as the eyes of a servant focus on what his master provides, and as the eyes of a female servant focus on what her mistress provides, so our eyes focus on the LORD our God, until he has mercy on us.

Your eyes looked upon my embryo, and everything was recorded in your book. The days scheduled for my formation were inscribed, even though not one of them had come yet.

Nevertheless, my eyes are on you, Lord GOD, as I seek protection in you. Don't leave me defenseless!

Everyone's eyes are on you, as you give them their food in due time.

Let your eyes look directly ahead; fix your gaze straight in front of you.

Don't allow yourself to sleep or even to close your eyes.

winking with his eyes, making signs with his feet, pointing with his fingers,

Arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood;

Do not focus on her beauty in your mind, nor allow her to take you prisoner with her flirting eyes,

Those who wink their eyes are trouble makers, and the mocking fool will be brought down.

As vinegar is to the mouth and smoke to the eyes, so is the lazy person to those who send him.

The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing both the evil and the good.

Bright eyes encourage the heart; good news nourishes the body.

A bribe works wonders in the eyes of its giver; wherever he turns he prospers.

Do not love sleep or you'll become poor, keep your eyes open and you'll have plenty of food.

Give me your heart, my son, and keep your eyes fixed on my ways,

Who has woe? Who has grief? Who has contention? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has bloodshot eyes?

Your eyes will see strange things, and with slurred words you'll speak what you really believe.

for it is better that it be told you, "Come up here," than for you to be placed lower in the presence of an official. What you've seen with your own eyes,

Sheol and Abaddon are never satiated, and neither are human eyes.

Whoever gives to the poor will never lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to their poverty will be cursed.

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: the LORD gave them both eyes with which to see.

The wise use their eyes, but the fool walks in darkness. I also perceived that the same outcome affects them all.

How sweet is the daylight, and how pleasant it is for someone's eyes to behold the sunshine!

Look at you! You are beautiful, my darling. Look at you! You are so beautiful. Your eyes are doves.

Look at you! You are beautiful, my darling. Look at you! You are so beautiful. Your eyes behind your veil are doves, your hair is like a flock of goats coming down from Mt. Gilead.

You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride. You have made my heart beat faster with one glance of your eyes, with one strand of your necklace.

His eyes are like doves by streams of water, bathed in milk, mounted like jewels.

Turn your eyes from me, for they excite me. Your hair is like a flock of goats coming down from Mt. Gilead.

Your neck is like a tower of ivory. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon, beside the gate of Beth-rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, which faces Damascus.

I was a wall and my breasts were like towers. Then I became like one who finds peace in his eyes.

"Your country lies desolate; your cities have been incinerated. Before your very eyes, foreigners are devouring your land they've brought devastation on it, while the land is overthrown by foreigners.

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I'll hide my eyes from you. Even though you pray repeatedly, I won't listen. Your hands are full of blood, your fingers drenched with iniquity."

The LORD also says: "Because Zion's women are so haughty, and walk with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, prancing along as they walk, and making tinkling noises with their ankle bracelets,

Humanity is brought low, and each one is humbled, while the eyes of the self-exalting are brought low.

"How terrible it will be for me!" I cried, "because I am ruined! I'm a man with unclean lips, and I live among a people with unclean lips! And my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies!"

Dull the mind of this people, deafen their ears, and blind their eyes. By doing so, they won't see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their minds, turn back, and be healed."

"For the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and against Jerusalem; he will punish the speech that comes from that willful heart of Assyria's king and the haughty look in his eyes.

His delight will be in the fear of the LORD. He won't judge by what his eyes see, nor decide disputes by what his ears hear,

Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, and their houses will be looted, and their wives slept with.

Their bows will dash the young men to pieces; they'll show no pity on those not yet born, and their eyes will not spare children.

At that time, men will look upon their Maker, and their eyes will honor the Holy One of Israel.

For the LORD has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep he has closed your eyes, you prophets, he has covered your heads, you seers!"

On that day the deaf will hear the words of a scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.

And although the LORD gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers won't hide themselves anymore, but your own eyes will see your teachers.

Then the eyes of those who can see won't turn away, and the ears of those who can hear will listen.

The one who walks righteously and has spoken sincere words, who rejects gain from extortion and waves his hand, rejecting bribes, who blocks his ears from hearing plots of murder and shuts his eyes against seeing evil

"Your eyes will see the king in his elegance, and will view a land that stretches afar.

"Look at Zion, city of our festivals! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed abode, an immovable tent; its stakes will never be pulled up, nor will any of its ropes be broken.

"Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf unblocked;

Extend your ear, LORD, and listen! Open your eyes, LORD, and look! Listen to all the words Sennacherib has sent to mock the living God.

Whom have you insulted and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Like a swallow or a crane I chirp, I moan like a dove. My eyes look weakly upward. O Lord, I am oppressed, so stand up for me!

"Lift your eyes up to heaven and see who created all these the one who leads out their vast array of stars by number, calling them all by name because of his great might and his powerful strength and not one is missing."

to open blind eyes and to bring out those who are bound from their cells, and those sitting in darkness from prison.

"Bring out the people who are blind, yet still have eyes, who are deaf, yet still have ears!

They don't realize; they don't understand, because their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds, too, so they cannot understand.

Lift up your eyes and look around they have all gathered together and are coming to you. "As surely as I live," says the LORD, "you will clothe yourself with all of them like ornaments, and tie them on like a bride.

"Lift up your eyes, you heavens and look to the earth beneath; and see who created these. Its inhabitants will die just like this; but my salvation will be forever, and my deliverance will never fail.