44 Bible Verses about Eyes
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The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thy eye be single, thy whole body will be full of light.
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thy own eye?
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thy eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thy eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thy own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
And thy eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thy eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thy own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thy own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
But if thy eye be evil, thy whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great is that darkness!
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thy own eye?
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect towards him. In this thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
And if thy right eye shall cause thee to sin, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
And if thy eye causeth thee to sin, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell-fire.
Let thy eyes look right on, and let thy eyelids look straight before thee.
And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.
For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me to the nations which wasted you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye.
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with my eye.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from my eyes.
And the four living beings had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
From Thematic Bible
Eyes » The jewish women often painted
And when thou art laid waste, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rendest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair: thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, to whom a messenger was sent; and lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paint thy eyes, and deck thyself with ornaments,
And when Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and adorned her head, and looked out at a window.
Eyes » Often put out as a punishment
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
But the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison-house.
And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Weeping
My eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands to thee.
For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
Eyes » Not satisfied with seeing
All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Eyes » Made red by wine
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Eyes » Illustrative » (open,) of spiritual illumination
Eyes » The jews » Wore their phylacteries between
But all their works they do to be seen by men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
And it shall be for a token upon thy hand, and for frontlets between thy eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
Eyes » Punishment for injuring
And if a man shall smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it shall perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Eyes » Grows dim by age
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said to him, My son: and he said to him, Behold, here am I.
And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to grow dim, that he could not see;
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Directing
And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.
I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with my eye.
Eyes » God » Opens
And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
Eyes » The jews » Raised up, in prayer
A Song of degrees. I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help.
A Song of degrees. To thee I raise my eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
Eyes » A guard to be set on
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Eyes » The light of the body
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thy eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thy eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thy eye be single, thy whole body will be full of light.
Eyes » Consumed by grief
My eye is consumed because of grief; it groweth old because of all my enemies.
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my belly.
Eyes » God » Enlightens
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
And now for a little space grace hath been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Seeing
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thy eyes are upon me, and I am not.
He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The apple or ball
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Eyes » The jews » Not to make baldness between
Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Eyes » Not satisfied with riches
There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yes, it is a grievous labor.
Eyes » Illustrative » (anointing with eyesalve,) of healing by the spirit
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear; and anoint thy eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see.
Eyes » Illustrative » Of the mind
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thy eye be single, thy whole body will be full of light. But if thy eye be evil, thy whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Eyes » Consumed by sickness
I also will do this to you, I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Eyes » Sometimes blemished
Or crooked-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his peculiar members broken:
Eyes » Actions of mentioned in scripture » Winking
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The brow
But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head, and his beard, and his eye-brows, even all his hair he shall shave off; and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
Eyes » God » Made
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Eyes » The light of, rejoices the heart
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; and a good report maketh the bones fat.
Eyes » Frequently fair
And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and also of a beautiful countenance, and a good appearance. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
Eyes » Sometimes tender
Eyes » Not evil thing to be set before
I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Eyes » The jews » Cast, on the ground in humiliation
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Eyes » God » Formed
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The lid
Eyes » Grows dim by sorrow
Topics on Eyes
Evil Eyes
Mark 7:21-23For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Eyes Cared For
Ezekiel 23:40And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, to whom a messenger was sent; and lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paint thy eyes, and deck thyself with ornaments,
Eyes Harmed
Zechariah 2:8For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me to the nations which wasted you: for he that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye.
Eyes In Prophecy
Revelation 1:14His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Eyes Opened
Genesis 3:5For God doth know, that in the day ye eat of it, then your eyes shall be opened: and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Eyes, Affected By
Genesis 27:1And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said to him, My son: and he said to him, Behold, here am I.
Eyes, Figurative Use
Numbers 24:3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
Eyes, Used In Prophecies
Job 19:25-27For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he will stand at the latter day upon the earth:
Eyes, Used Of God
Habakkuk 1:13Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: why lookest thou on them that deal treacherously, and keepest silence when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
Good Eyes
Deuteronomy 34:7And Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Jesus Eyes
Revelation 1:14His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Lust Of The Eyes
1 John 2:16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.