'Eyes' in the Bible

As for you now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

The king has also said thus, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has granted one to sit on my throne today while my own eyes see it.’”

that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, ‘My name shall be there,’ to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place.

that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and to the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You.

The Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

Nevertheless I did not believe the reports, until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. You exceed in wisdom and prosperity the report which I heard.

Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.

but about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants; and whatever is desirable in your eyes, they will take in their hand and carry away.’”

So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes.

Then he hastily took the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him that he was of the prophets.

And he went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth and his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands, and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child became warm.

Then he returned and walked in the house once back and forth, and went up and stretched himself on him; and the lad sneezed seven times and the lad opened his eyes.

Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the Lord opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

When they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, “O Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.” So the Lord opened their eyes and they saw; and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

The royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of God and said, “Behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” Then he said, “Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat of it.”

Then the royal officer answered the man of God and said, “Now behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?” And he said, “Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat of it.”

When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window.

The Lord said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in executing what is right in My eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in My heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.”

Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

‘Whom have you reproached and blasphemed?And against whom have you raised your voice,And haughtily lifted up your eyes?Against the Holy One of Israel!

“Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place.”’” So they brought back word to the king.

They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon.

Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

This was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; but You have spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the standard of a man of high degree, O Lord God.

Then David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, with his drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.

that Your eye may be open toward this house day and night, toward the place of which You have said that You would put Your name there, to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place.

“Now, O my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

Nevertheless I did not believe their reports until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me. You surpass the report that I heard.

For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars.”

O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on You.”

Therefore the wrath of the Lord was against Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, of horror, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes.

Behold, I will gather you to your fathers and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, so your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants.”’” And they brought back word to the king.

Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many shouted aloud for joy,

But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.

let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You now, day and night, on behalf of the sons of Israel Your servants, confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have sinned against You; I and my father’s house have sinned.

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, came to go in to the king, she did not request anything except what Hegai, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the women, advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her.

When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky.

Because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb,Or hide trouble from my eyes.

“It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance;A form was before my eyes;There was silence, then I heard a voice:

“The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer;Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.

‘Have You eyes of flesh?Or do You see as a man sees?

“For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure,And I am innocent in your eyes.’

“But the eyes of the wicked will fail,And there will be no escape for them;And their hope is to breathe their last.”

“You also open Your eyes on himAnd bring him into judgment with Yourself.

“Why does your heart carry you away?And why do your eyes flash,

“He who informs against friends for a share of the spoil,The eyes of his children also will languish.

“Why are we regarded as beasts,As stupid in your eyes?

Whom I myself shall behold,And whom my eyes will see and not another.My heart faints within me!

“Their descendants are established with them in their sight,And their offspring before their eyes,

“Let his own eyes see his decay,And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

“He provides them with security, and they are supported;And His eyes are on their ways.

“He lies down rich, but never again;He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.

“Thus it is hidden from the eyes of all livingAnd concealed from the birds of the sky.

“I was eyes to the blindAnd feet to the lame.

“I have made a covenant with my eyes;How then could I gaze at a virgin?

“If my step has turned from the way,Or my heart followed my eyes,Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,

“If I have kept the poor from their desire,Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Then these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

“For His eyes are upon the ways of a man,And He sees all his steps.

“He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;But with kings on the throneHe has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

“From there he spies out food;His eyes see it from afar.

“His sneezes flash forth light,And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes;You hate all who do iniquity.

He sits in the lurking places of the villages;In the hiding places he kills the innocent;His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate.

The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven;His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;Enlighten my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,

In whose eyes a reprobate is despised,But who honors those who fear the Lord;He swears to his own hurt and does not change;

Let my judgment come forth from Your presence;Let Your eyes look with equity.

They have now surrounded us in our steps;They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground.

Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

For You save an afflicted people,But haughty eyes You abase.

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

My eyes are continually toward the Lord,For He will pluck my feet out of the net.

For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes,And I have walked in Your truth.

As for me, I said in my alarm,“I am cut off from before Your eyes”;Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplicationsWhen I cried to You.

The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteousAnd His ears are open to their cry.

They opened their mouth wide against me;They said, “Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!”

For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord.Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart;There is no fear of God before his eyes.

For it flatters him in his own eyesConcerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.

My heart throbs, my strength fails me;And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.

“These things you have done and I kept silence;You thought that I was just like you;I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.

He rules by His might forever;His eyes keep watch on the nations;Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

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

May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see,And make their loins shake continually.

You will only look on with your eyesAnd see the recompense of the wicked.

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes;I hate the work of those who fall away;It shall not fasten its grip on me.

My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me.

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

For You have rescued my soul from death,My eyes from tears,My feet from stumbling.

This is the Lord’s doing;It is marvelous in our eyes.

Open my eyes, that I may beholdWonderful things from Your law.

Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity,And revive me in Your ways.

My eyes fail with longing for Your word,While I say, “When will You comfort me?”

My eyes fail with longing for Your salvationAnd for Your righteous word.

My eyes shed streams of water,Because they do not keep Your law.

My eyes anticipate the night watches,That I may meditate on Your word.

A Song of Ascents.I will lift up my eyes to the mountains;From where shall my help come?

A Song of Ascents.To You I lift up my eyes,O You who are enthroned in the heavens!