21 Bible Verses about Looking Intently At People

while the man silently watched her to see whether or not the Lord had made his journey a success.

When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Certainly the Lord’s anointed one is here before Him.”

But Jesus looked at them and said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you keep looking at each other?

The disciples started looking at one another—uncertain which one He was speaking about.

When a servant saw him sitting in the firelight, and looked closely at him, she said, “This man was with Him too.”

Then his sister stood at a distance in order to see what would happen to him.

Peter, along with John, looked at him intently and said, “Look at us.”

I can count all my bones;
people look and stare at me.

When Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Or why do you stare at us, as though we had made him walk by our own power or godliness?

Then Saul—also called Paul—filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at the sorcerer

and heard Paul speaking. After observing him closely and seeing that he had faith to be healed,

Paul looked intently at the Sanhedrin and said, “Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience until this day.”

Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand up, each one at the door of his tent, and they would watch Moses until he entered the tent.

Come out, young women of Zion,
and gaze at King Solomon,
wearing the crown his mother placed on him
the day of his wedding—
the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

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My eyes look down on my enemies;
my ears hear evildoers when they attack me.

But now, please look at me;
would I lie to your face?

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

Y Come back, come back, Shulammite!
Come back, come back, that we may look at you!

M Why are you looking at the Shulammite,
as you look at the dance of the two camps?

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Do not stare at me because I am dark,
for the sun has gazed on me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;
they made me a keeper of the vineyards.
I have not kept my own vineyard.

Turn your eyes away from me,
for they captivate me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down from Gilead.