'Sight' in the Bible

And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.

Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:

“For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,And my cries pour out like water.

‘If I am wicked, woe to me [for judgment comes]!And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.For I am sated and filled with disgrace and the sight of my misery.

You have said, “My teaching is sound,and I am pure in Your sight.”

But the sight of the wicked will fail.Their way of escape will be cut off,and their only hope is their last breath.

Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

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

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

“The path no bird of prey knows,Nor has the falcon’s eye caught sight of it.

It has been concealed from the sight of every living creature and hidden even from the birds in the skies.

They abhor me they keep their distance from me; but they don't refrain from spitting at the sight of me.

“His flesh wastes away from sight,And his bones which were not seen stick out.

He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

So the Lord repaid meaccording to my righteousness,according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full.

How great is Your goodnessthat You have stored up for those who fear Youand accomplished in the sight of everyonefor those who take refuge in You.

In my alarm I had said,“I am cut off from Your sight.”But You heard the sound of my pleadingwhen I cried to You for help.

You, indeed, have made my days short in length,and my life span as nothing in Your sight.Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.Selah

“Gather My godly ones to Me,Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

Wickedness and guilt prevail against me;Yet as for our transgressions,You forgive them [removing them from Your sight].

He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.

When I pondered to understand this,It was troublesome in my sight

Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?

Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.

Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.

In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal your power! Come and deliver us!

You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

This is from the LORD it is awesome in our sight.

Mouths are attributed to them, but they cannot speak; sight is attributed to them, but they cannot see;

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD lifts up those who are weighed down. The LORD loves the righteous.

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

For the upright [those who are in right standing with God] will live in the landAnd those [of integrity] who are blameless [in God’s sight] will remain in it;

So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Maintain your competence and discretion.My son, don’t lose sight of them.

For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

Don’t lose sight of them;keep them within your heart.

So that she does not think [seriously] about the path of life;Her ways are aimless and unstable; you cannot know where her path leads.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight,But the Lord weighs the motives.

A bribe is a charm in the sight of its owner;Wherever he turns, he prospers.

lest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger from him.

The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: Yahweh gives sight to the eyes of both.

For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight; for one official watches over another official, and there are higher officials over them.

In the multiplying of good have its consumers been multiplied, and what benefit is to its possessor except the sight of his eyes?

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

before the sun and the light, and the moon and the stars are darkened [by impaired vision], and the clouds [of depression] return after the rain [of tears];

when that day comes, the palace guards will tremble, strong men will stoop down, women grinders will cease because they are few, and the sight of those who peer through the lattice will grow dim.

“Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves.Remove your evil deeds from My sight.Stop doing evil.

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Listen carefully, the Lord, the God of hosts, will lop off the [beautiful] boughs with terrifying force;The tall in stature will be cut downAnd the lofty will be abased and humiliated.

And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.

And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

"Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.

Hear this! You [idols] are less than nothing,And your work is worthless;The worshiper who chooses you [as a god] is repulsive.

Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

And now, says the Lord,who formed me from the womb to be His Servant,to bring Jacob back to Himso that Israel might be gathered to Him;for I am honored in the sight of the Lord,and my God is my strength—

Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they sing for joy; for they will see in plain sight the return of the LORD to Zion with compassion.

The Lord has displayed His holy armin the sight of all the nations;all the ends of the earth will seethe salvation of our God.

(just as many were horrified by the sight of you) he was so disfigured he no longer looked like a man;

And truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it was evil in his sight that there was no judgment.

For just as the ground produces its crops and a garden yields its produce, so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance to grow, and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations.

We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.

I will destine you for the sword,and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered,because I called and you did not answer,I spoke and you did not hear;you did what was evil in My sightand chose what I did not delight in.

Whoever is blessed in the landwill be blessed by the God of truth,and whoever swears in the landwill swear by the God of truth.For the former troubles will be forgottenand hidden from My sight.

So I will choose their punishment,and I will bring on them what they dreadbecause I called and no one answered;I spoke and they didn’t hear;they did what was evil in My sightand chose what I didn’t delight in.

"They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, and the fire that consumes them will not die out. All people will find the sight abhorrent."

But you [Jeremiah], gird up your loins [in preparation]! Get up and tell them all which I command you. Do not be distraught and break down at the sight of their [hostile] faces, or I will bewilder you before them and allow you to be overcome.

If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.

Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it,” declares the Lord.

And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim.

For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.

That is, I will punish the Egyptians, the Judeans, the Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples. I will do so because none of the people of those nations are really circumcised in the Lord's sight. Moreover, none of the people of Israel are circumcised when it comes to their hearts."

Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

I'll make them a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Hezekiah's son Manasseh, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.

Their widows will become in my sight more numerous than the grains of sand on the seashores. At noontime I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of their young men. I will cause anguish and terror to fall suddenly upon them.

for My gaze takes in all their ways. They are not concealed from Me, and their guilt is not hidden from My sight.

If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.

Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.

Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

So I will carry you far off and throw you away. I will send both you and the city I gave to you and to your ancestors out of my sight.

I'll make them into a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth; into a cause for contempt, into a byword, into a taunt, and into a curse in all the places to which I drive them.