44 Bible Verses about Eyes
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The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.
And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?
The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark.
You false one, first take out the bit of wood from your eye, then will you see clearly to take out the grain of dust from your brother's eye.
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Have no pity; let life be given for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.
But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!
And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye?
For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him. In this you have done foolishly, for from now you will have wars.
And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need of you: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell.
And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,
And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire.
Then Elisha made a prayer to the Lord, saying, Lord, let his eyes be open so that he may see. And the Lord made the young man's eyes open; and he saw that all the mountain was full of horses and carriages of fire round Elisha.
Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.
Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.
For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.
But a blessing be on your eyes, because they see; and on your ears, because they are open.
They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.
All a man's ways are clean to himself; but the Lord puts men's spirits into his scales.
See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;
In a second, in the shutting of an eye, at the sound of the last horn: for at that sound the dead will come again, free for ever from the power of death, and we will be changed.
For my eyes are on all their ways: there is no cover for them from my face, and their evil-doing is not kept secret from my eyes.
And the four beasts, having every one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and inside: and without resting day and night, they say, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, Ruler of all, who was and is and is to come.
While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
From Thematic Bible
Eyes » The jewish women often painted
And you, when you are made waste, what will you do? Though you are clothed in red, though you make yourself beautiful with ornaments of gold, though you make your eyes wide with paint, it is for nothing that you make yourself fair; your lovers have no more desire for you, they have designs on your life.
And she even sent for men to come from far away, to whom a servant was sent, and they came: for whom she was washing her body and painting her eyes and making herself fair with ornaments.
And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel had news of it; and, painting her eyes and dressing her hair with ornaments, she put her head out of the window.
Eyes » Often put out as a punishment
And they put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes, and then they put out his eyes, and chaining him with iron bands, took him to Babylon.
So the Philistines took him and put out his eyes; then they took him down to Gaza, and, chaining him with bands of brass, put him to work crushing grain in the prison-house.
And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, I will make an agreement with you on this condition, that all your right eyes are put out; so that I may make it a cause of shame to all Israel.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Weeping
My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.
For these things I am weeping; my eye is streaming with water; because the comforter who might give me new life is far from me: my children are made waste, because the hater is strong.
Eyes » Not satisfied with seeing
All things are full of weariness; man may not give their story: the eye has never enough of its seeing, or the ear of its hearing.
Eyes » Made red by wine
Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?
Eyes » Illustrative » (open,) of spiritual illumination
Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.
Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.
Eyes » The jews » Wore their phylacteries between
But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,
And this will be for a sign on your hand and for a mark on your brow: for by the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt.
Eyes » Punishment for injuring
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant a blow in the eye, causing its destruction, he is to let him go free on account of the damage to his eye.
Eyes » Grows dim by age
Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.
And at that time, when Eli was resting in his place, (now his eyes were becoming clouded so that he was not able to see,)
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Directing
And he said, Do not go from us; for you will be eyes for us, guiding us to the right places in the waste land to put up our tents.
Eyes » God » Opens
Then Elisha made a prayer to the Lord, saying, Lord, let his eyes be open so that he may see. And the Lord made the young man's eyes open; and he saw that all the mountain was full of horses and carriages of fire round Elisha.
The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;
Eyes » The jews » Raised up, in prayer
My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?
Eyes » A guard to be set on
Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:
Eyes » The light of the body
The light of the body is the eye: when your eye is true, all your body is full of light; but when it is evil, your body is dark.
The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.
Eyes » Consumed by grief
My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.
Eyes » God » Enlightens
Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;
And now for a little time grace has come to us from the Lord our God, to let a small band of us get free and to give us a nail in his holy place, so that our God may give light to our eyes and a measure of new life in our prison chains.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Seeing
The eye of him who sees me will see me no longer: your eyes will be looking for me, but I will be gone.
He makes deep ways, cut through the rock, and his eye sees everything of value.
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The apple or ball
He came to him in the waste land, in the unpeopled waste of sand: putting his arms round him and caring for him, he kept him as the light of his eye.
Eyes » The jews » Not to make baldness between
You are the children of the Lord your God: you are not to make cuts on your bodies or take off the hair on your brows in honour of the dead;
Eyes » Not satisfied with riches
It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.
Eyes » Illustrative » (anointing with eyesalve,) of healing by the spirit
If you are wise you will get from me gold tested by fire, so that you may have true wealth; and white robes to put on, so that your shame may not be seen; and oil for your eyes, so that you may see.
Eyes » Illustrative » Of the mind
The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light. But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!
Eyes » Consumed by sickness
This will I do to you: I will put fear in your hearts, even wasting disease and burning pain, drying up the eyes and making the soul feeble, and you will get no profit from your seed, for your haters will take it for food.
Eyes » Sometimes blemished
Or one whose back is bent, or one who is unnaturally small, or one who has a damaged eye, or whose skin is diseased, or whose sex parts are damaged;
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Winking
He who makes signs with his eyes is a cause of trouble, but he who makes a man see his errors is a cause of peace.
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The brow
And on the seventh day he is to have all the hair cut off his head and his chin and over his eyes--all his hair is to be cut off--and he will have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and he will be clean.
Eyes » God » Made
Eyes » The light of, rejoices the heart
Eyes » Frequently fair
So he sent and made him come in. Now he had red hair and beautiful eyes and pleasing looks. And the Lord said, Come, put the oil on him, for this is he.
Eyes » Sometimes tender
Eyes » Not evil thing to be set before
Eyes » The jews » Cast, on the ground in humiliation
The tax-farmer, on the other hand, keeping far away, and not lifting up even his eyes to heaven, made signs of grief and said, God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
Eyes » God » Formed
Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he blind by whom your eyes were formed?
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The lid
Eyes » Grows dim by sorrow
Topics on Eyes
Evil Eyes
Mark 7:21-23Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,
Eyes Cared For
Ezekiel 23:40And she even sent for men to come from far away, to whom a servant was sent, and they came: for whom she was washing her body and painting her eyes and making herself fair with ornaments.
Eyes Harmed
Zechariah 2:8For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In the way of glory he has sent me to the nations which have taken your goods: for anyone touching you is touching what is most dear to him.
Eyes In Prophecy
Revelation 1:14And his head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Eyes Opened
Genesis 3:5For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.
Eyes, Affected By
Genesis 27:1Now when Isaac was old and his eyes had become clouded so that he was not able to see, he sent for Esau, his first son, and said to him, My son: and he said, Here am I.
Eyes, Figurative Use
Numbers 24:3And moved by the spirit, he said, These are the words of Balaam, son of Beor, the words of the man whose eyes are open:
Eyes, Guarded
Psalm 119:37Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.
Eyes, Used In Prophecies
Job 19:25-27But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;
Eyes, Used Of God
Habakkuk 1:13Before your holy eyes sin may not be seen, and you are unable to put up with wrong; why, then, are your eyes on the false? why do you say nothing when the evil-doer puts an end to one who is more upright than himself?
Good Eyes
Deuteronomy 34:7And Moses at his death was a hundred and twenty years old: his eye had not become clouded, or his natural force become feeble.
Jesus Eyes
Revelation 1:14And his head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Lust Of The Eyes
1 John 2:16Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.