'Seen' in the Bible

“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I am going to add 15 years to your life.

Isaiah asked, “What have they seen in your palace?”Hezekiah answered, “They have seen everything in my palace. There isn’t anything in my treasuries that I didn’t show them.”

I have seen his ways, but I will heal him;I will lead him and restore comfortto him and his mourners,

“Why have we fasted, but You have not seen?We have denied ourselves, but You haven’t noticed!”“Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast,and oppress all your workers.

From ancient times no one has heard,no one has listened,no eye has seen any God except You,who acts on behalf of the one who waits for Him.

Who has heard of such a thing?Who has seen such things?Can a land be born in one dayor a nation be delivered in an instant?Yet as soon as Zion was in labor,she gave birth to her sons.

I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, Lud (who are archers), Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away—who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. And they will proclaim My glory among the nations.

The Lord said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I watch over My word to accomplish it.”

In the days of King Josiah the Lord asked me, “Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? She has ascended every high hill and gone under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

I will pull your skirts up over your faceso that your shame might be seen.

Your adulteries and your lustful neighing,your heinous prostitutionon the hills, in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts.Woe to you, Jerusalem!You are unclean—for how long yet?

“This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster I brought against Jerusalem and all Judah’s cities; look, they are a ruin today without an inhabitant in them

ח KhetJerusalem has sinned grievously;therefore, she has become an object of scorn.All who honored her now despise her,for they have seen her nakedness.She herself groans and turns away.

י YodThe adversary has seizedall her precious belongings.She has even seen the nationsenter her sanctuary—those You had forbiddento enter Your assembly.

I am the man who has seen afflictionunder the rod of God’s wrath.

So I got up and went out to the plain. The Lord’s glory was present there, like the glory I had seen by the Chebar Canal, and I fell facedown.

I saw the glory of the God of Israel there, like the vision I had seen in the plain.

The cherubim ascended; these were the living creatures I had seen by the Chebar Canal.

These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the Chebar Canal, and I recognized that they were cherubim.

Their faces looked like the same faces I had seen by the Chebar Canal. Each creature went straight ahead.

The Spirit lifted me up and brought me to Chaldea and to the exiles in a vision from the Spirit of God. After the vision I had seen left me,

This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing.

The vision I saw was like the one I had seen when He came to destroy the city, and like the ones I had seen by the Chebar Canal. I fell facedown.

He came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed at him with savage fury.

while I was praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the first vision, came to me in my extreme weariness, about the time of the evening offering.

I have seen something horrible in the house of Israel:Ephraim’s promiscuity is there; Israel is defiled.

I have seen Ephraim like Tyre,planted in a meadow,so Ephraim will bring out his childrento the executioner.

I will set up camp at My house against an army,against those who march back and forth,and no oppressor will march against them again,for now I have seen with My own eyes.

After hearing the king, they went on their way. And there it was—the star they had seen in the east! It led them until it came and stopped above the place where the child was.

The people who live in darknesshave seen a great light,and for those living in the shadowland of death,light has dawned.

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

“Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

When the demon had been driven out, the man spoke. And the crowds were amazed, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”

Immediately he got up, picked up the mat, and went out in front of everyone. As a result, they were all astounded and gave glory to God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

As they were coming down from the mountain, He ordered them to tell no one what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

Yet, when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe it.

When he did come out, he could not speak to them. Then they realized that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary. He kept making signs to them and remained speechless.

The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had seen and heard, just as they had been told.

For my eyes have seen Your salvation.

Then everyone was astounded, and they were giving glory to God. And they were filled with awe and said, “We have seen incredible things today!”

He replied to them, “Go and report to John the things you have seen and heard: The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are healed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news.

After the voice had spoken, only Jesus was found. They kept silent, and in those days told no one what they had seen.

Now He came near the path down the Mount of Olives, and the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

and when they didn’t find His body, they came and reported that they had seen a vision of angels who said He was alive.

No one has ever seen God.The One and Only Son—the One who is at the Father’s side—He has revealed Him.

I have seen and testified that He is the Son of God!”

“I assure you: We speak what We know and We testify to what We have seen, but you do not accept Our testimony.

He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

When they entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed Him because they had seen everything He did in Jerusalem during the festival. For they also had gone to the festival.

The Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have not heard His voice at any time, and you haven’t seen His form.

But as I told you, you’ve seen Me, and yet you do not believe.

not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God. He has seen the Father.

I speak what I have seen in the presence of the Father; therefore, you do what you have heard from your father.”

The Jews replied, “You aren’t 50 years old yet, and You’ve seen Abraham?”

His neighbors and those who formerly had seen him as a beggar said, “Isn’t this the man who sat begging?”

Jesus answered, “You have seen Him; in fact, He is the One speaking with you.”

“If you know Me, you will also know My Father. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”

Jesus said to him, “Have I been among you all this time without your knowing Me, Philip? The one who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

If I had not done the works among them that no one else has done, they would not have sin. Now they have seen and hated both Me and My Father.

Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what He had said to her.

So the other disciples kept telling him, “We have seen the Lord!”But he said to them, “If I don’t see the mark of the nails in His hands, put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe!”

Jesus said, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Those who believe without seeing are blessed.”

They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you have seen Him going into heaven.”

for we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

I have observed the oppression of My people in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to rescue them. And now, come, I will send you to Egypt.

“Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.

In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him so he can regain his sight.”

Barnabas, however, took him and brought him to the apostles and explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road and that He had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

While Peter was deeply perplexed about what the vision he had seen might mean, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions to Simon’s house, stood at the gate.

God raised up this man on the third day and permitted Him to be seen,

He reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is also named Peter.

After he had seen the vision, we immediately made efforts to set out for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to evangelize them.

For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple complex.

For you will be a witness for Him to all people of what you have seen and heard.

But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and of what I will reveal to you.

For His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what He has made. As a result, people are without excuse.

Now in this hope we were saved, yet hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees?

But as it is written:What eye did not see and ear did not hear,and what never entered the human mind—God prepared this for those who love Him.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Do what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and the God of peace will be with you.

For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me in person.

And most certainly, the mystery of godliness is great:He was manifested in the flesh,vindicated in the Spirit,seen by angels,preached among the nations,believed on in the world,taken up in glory.

the only One who has immortality,dwelling in unapproachable light;no one has seen or can see Him,to Him be honor and eternal might.Amen.

Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.

By faith we understand that the universe was created by God’s command, so that what is seen has been made from things that are not visible.

By faith Noah, after he was warned about what was not yet seen and motivated by godly fear, built an ark to deliver his family. By faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

See, we count as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

You love Him, though you have not seen Him. And though not seeing Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with inexpressible and glorious joy,

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—

that life was revealed,and we have seen itand we testify and declare to youthe eternal life that was with the Fatherand was revealed to us—

what we have seen and heardwe also declare to you,so that you may have fellowship along with us;and indeed our fellowship is with the Fatherand with His Son Jesus Christ.

Everyone who remains in Him does not sin; everyone who sins has not seen Him or known Him.

No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us and His love is perfected in us.

And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent His Son as the world’s Savior.

If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For the person who does not love his brother he has seen cannot love the God he has not seen.

Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

Therefore write what you have seen, what is, and what will take place after this.

Then the angel that I had seen standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven.