'Eyes' in the Bible

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

All the sinners of the earth are like waste metal in your eyes; and for this cause I give my love to your unchanging word.

Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

Let your eyes be turned to me, and have mercy on me, as it is right for you to do to those who are lovers of your name.

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.

{A Song of degrees.} I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

{A Song of degrees.} Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

{A Song of degrees of David.} LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,

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

Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.

When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

Surely in vain is the net spread out before the eyes of any bird.

And find grace and good understanding In the eyes of God and man.

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,hands that shed innocent blood,

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

Keep my rules and you will have life; let my teaching be to you as the light of your eyes;

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

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

The perverse in heart are repulsive and shamefully vile to the Lord,But those who are blameless and above reproach in their walk are His delight!

A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

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

The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.

All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

The lamp that guides the wicked—haughty eyes and an arrogant heart—is sin.

The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

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:

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

Lest Jehovah see, and it be evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

Answer a fool according to his foolishnessor he’ll become wise in his own eyes.

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?There is more hope for a fool than for him.

In his own eyes, a slacker is wiserthan seven men who can answer sensibly.

Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

A rich man is wise in his own eyes,but a poor man who has discernment sees through him.

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

For to the person who [is] good in his eyes, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and heaping up only to give [it] to [him who is] pleasing to him. This also [is] vanity and chasing wind!

There is a person without a companion, without even a son or brother, and though there is no end to all his struggles, his eyes are still not content with riches. “So who am I struggling for,” he asks, “and depriving myself from good?” This too is futile and a miserable task.

When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

For what advantage has the wise man over the fool [for being worldly-wise is not the secret to happiness]? What advantage has the poor man who has learned how to walk [publicly] among the living [with men’s eyes on him; for being poor is not the secret to happiness either]?

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

When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

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.

in the day when the keepers of the house (hands, arms) tremble, and the strong men (feet, knees) bow themselves, and the grinders (molar teeth) cease because they are few, and those (eyes) who look through the windows grow dim;

Let not your eyes be turned on me, because I am dark, because I was looked on by the sun; my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vine-gardens; but my vine-garden I have not kept.

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

Come back, come back, O Shulammite; come back, come back, so that our eyes may see you. What will you see in the Shulammite? A sword-dance.

Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

Your land is desolate,your cities burned with fire;foreigners devour your fieldsbefore your very eyes—a desolation demolished by foreigners.

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

The haughty eyes of man have been humbled, And bowed down hath been the loftiness of men, And set on high hath Jehovah alone been in that day.

For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

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

And his voice will be loud over him in that day like the sounding of the sea: and if a man's eyes are turned to the earth, it is all dark and full of trouble; and the light is made dark by thick clouds.

Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

And he will go through the land in bitter trouble and in need of food; and when he is unable to get food, he will become angry, cursing his king and his God, and his eyes will be turned to heaven on high;

But when the Lord finishes all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for his arrogant acts and the proud look in his eyes.”

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:

And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.

Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

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.