Eye

Biblical Concept: Eye

Prologue: The various eye vocabulary are found 570 times in the NASB translation. This study will collect and consider the most spiritually significant verses.

Findings: (From the Bible verses below.)

Eye, eyes often describe having spiritual vision, spiritual perspective, clear thinking, understanding, perception.

Eye, eyes often describe diverse human sins--under eyes below note the Proverbs references.

Matthew 13:15-16 ¹⁵ For the heart of this people has become dull, And with their ears they scarcely hear, And they have closed their eyes Lest they should see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart and return, And I should heal them.' ¹⁶ "But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

“Ephesians 1:18 ¹⁸ I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,” - This verse and context (Ephesians 1:18-23) describes the height of human spiritual perception and spiritual orientation. This verse and context are the most important in an understanding of the Biblical “eye.” The key words are “in Christ.” (See the Biblical Concept: In Christ.) Principle: In Christ, your spiritual eyes work right.

Ephesians 1:18-23 ¹⁸ I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹ and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might ²⁰ which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, ²¹ far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the one to come. ²² And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, ²³ which is His body, the fulness of Him who fills all in all.

Compare: Acts 26:18 ¹⁸ to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, in order that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.'

“Hebrews 12:2 ² fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” -This is the second most important verse and context in a study of Biblical “eyes.”

Hebrews 12:1-4 ¹ Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, ² fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. ³ For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary and lose heart. ⁴ You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin;

Compare the Biblical Concept: All for Christ. Principle: Eyes on Jesus is the proper spiritual focus for your life as a Christian. Compare: Psalm 25:15 ¹⁵ My eyes are continually toward the LORD, For He will pluck my feet out of the net.

Proverbs 15:3 ³ The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Watching the evil and the good. (Divine eyes depict Divine omniscience—many references.)

“He who formed the eye” (Creation: Brain eye interface; impressive, no, very impressive.) (Also: John 9:32-33 ³² "Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. ³³ "If this man were not from God, He could do nothing.") (Eye, eyes have many references displaying God’s omnipotence.)

“Whose eye is opened” = a greater understanding, or a greater ability to understand, perceive, think, conclude.

“Your eye shall not pity them” = perspective that is not clouded with emotion, doubt, empathy.

“Your eye is hostile toward your poor brother” = a call for perspective toward fellow citizens.

“Eye was not dim” = literal clear vision or clear spiritual vision.

“Your eyes have seen” = potential to reach a conclusion.

“The eye of the adulterer” = lust perspective.

“My eye has wasted away with grief” = mental pressure.

“My eye will have no pity nor shall I spare” = Divine eye of judgment.

“Evil eye” = looking for trouble.

For it flatters him in his own eyes, Concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.

“A bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous” = bribed eyes, refusing to see reality.

“Haughty eyes” = one the seven sins that God hates.

2 Kings 6:17 ¹⁷ Then Elisha prayed and said, "O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see." And the LORD opened the servant's eyes, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. – Seeing the Angel Conflict. See Biblical Concept: Angel Conflict.

Psalm 19:8 ⁸ The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Psalm 50:21 ²¹ "These things you have done, and I kept silence; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you, and state the case in order before your eyes. (Spiritually subjective humanity will one day understand. Compare the Great White Throne Judgment in Revelation 20:11-15.)

Psalm 101:3 ³ I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me. (Protect your spiritual eyes.)

Isaiah 40:26 ²⁶ Lift up your eyes on high And see who has created these stars, The One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power Not one of them is missing. (Stars are a rather impressive omniscient, omnipotent display. See Biblical Concept: Stars.)

Divine eyes of judgment.

Luke 16:23 ²³ "And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Revelation 21:4 ⁴ and He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall no longer be any death; there shall no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away."

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Eye

Numbers 24:3-4 ³ And he took up his discourse and said, "The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened; ⁴ The oracle of him who hears the words of God, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, yet having his eyes uncovered,

Deuteronomy 7:16 ¹⁶ "And you shall consume all the peoples whom the LORD your God will deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them, neither shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you.

Deuteronomy 13:6-9 ⁶ "If your brother, your mother's son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods' (whom neither you nor your fathers have known, ⁷ of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other end), ⁸ you shall not yield to him or listen to him; and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare or conceal him. ⁹ "But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

Deuteronomy 15:9 ⁹ "Beware, lest there is a base thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,' and your eye is hostile toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he may cry to the LORD against you, and it will be a sin in you.

Deuteronomy 34:7 ⁷ Although Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died, his eye was not dim, nor his vigor abated.

1 Samuel 24:10 ¹⁰ "Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the LORD had given you today into my hand in the cave, and some said to kill you, but my eye had pity on you; and I said, 'I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD's anointed.'

Job 17:7 ⁷ "My eye has also grown dim because of grief, And all my members are as a shadow.

Job 24:15 ¹⁵ "And the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, 'No eye will see me.' And he disguises his face.

Job 42:5 ⁵ "I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees Thee;

Psalm 6:7 ⁷ My eye has wasted away with grief; It has become old because of all my adversaries.

Psalm 31:9-10 ⁹ Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also. ¹⁰ For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing; My strength has failed because of my iniquity, And my body has wasted away.

Psalm 32:8-9 ⁸ I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. ⁹ Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them

Psalm 33:18 ¹⁸ Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope for His lovingkindness,

Psalm 54:7 ⁷ For He has delivered me from all trouble; And my eye has looked with satisfaction upon my enemies.

Psalm 88:9 ⁹ My eye has wasted away because of affliction; I have called upon Thee every day, O LORD; I have spread out my hands to Thee.

Psalm 92:11 ¹¹ And my eye has looked exultantly upon my foes, My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me.

Psalm 94:9 ⁹ He who planted the ear, does He not hear? He who formed the eye, does He not see?

Proverbs 7:2 ² Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye.

Proverbs 10:10 ¹⁰ He who winks the eye causes trouble, And a babbling fool will be thrown down.

Proverbs 20:12 ¹² The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The LORD has made both of them.

Proverbs 28:22 ²² A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth, And does not know that want will come upon him.

Proverbs 30:17 ¹⁷ The eye that mocks a father, And scorns a mother, The ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young eagles will eat it.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 ⁸ All things are wearisome; Man is not able to tell it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing.

Isaiah 13:18 ¹⁸ And their bows will mow down the young men, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, Nor will their eye pity children. (Medes against Babylon.)

Isaiah 64:4 ⁴ For from of old they have not heard nor perceived by ear, Neither has the eye seen a God besides Thee, Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him.

Ezekiel 5:11 ¹¹ 'So as I live,' declares the Lord God, 'surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye shall have no pity and I will not spare.

Ezekiel 7:4 ⁴ 'For My eye will have no pity on you, nor shall I spare you, but I shall bring your ways upon you, and your abominations will be among you; then you will know that I am the LORD!'

Ezekiel 7:9 ⁹ 'And My eye will show no pity, nor will I spare. I will repay you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst; then you will know that I, the LORD, do the smiting.

Ezekiel 8:18 ¹⁸ "Therefore, I indeed shall deal in wrath. My eye will have no pity nor shall I spare; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, yet I shall not listen to them."

Ezekiel 9:5 ⁵ But to the others He said in my hearing, "Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity, and do not spare.

Ezekiel 9:10 ¹⁰ "But as for Me, My eye will have no pity nor shall I spare, but I shall bring their conduct upon their heads."

Ezekiel 16:5 ⁵ "No eye looked with pity on you to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you. Rather you were thrown out into the open field, for you were abhorred on the day you were born.

Ezekiel 20:17 ¹⁷ "Yet My eye spared them rather than destroying them, and I did not cause their annihilation in the wilderness.

Zechariah 2:8 ⁸ For thus says the LORD of hosts, "After glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye.

Zechariah 11:17 ¹⁷ "Woe to the worthless shepherd Who leaves the flock! A sword will be on his arm And on his right eye! His arm will be totally withered, And his right eye will be blind."

Matthew 5:29 ²⁹ "And if your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out, and throw it from you; for it is better for you that one of the parts of your body perish, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Matthew 5:38 ³⁸ "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.'

Matthew 6:22-23 ²² "The lamp of the body is the eye; if therefore your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. ²³ "But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

Matthew 7:3 ³ "And why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

Matthew 7:3-5 ³ "And why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? ⁴ "Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and behold, the log is in your own eye? ⁵ "You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

Matthew 18:9 ⁹ "And if your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than having two eyes, to be cast into the fiery hell.

Matthew 20:15 ¹⁵ 'Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?'

Mark 9:47 ⁴⁷ "And if your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes, to be cast into hell,

Luke 6:41-42 ¹ "And why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? ⁴² "Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye.

Luke 11:34 ³⁴ "The lamp of your body is your eye; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness.

Romans 16:17 ¹⁷ Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them.

1 Corinthians 2:9 ⁹ but just as it is written, "Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, And which have not entered the heart of man, All that God has prepared for those who love Him."

1 Corinthians 12:16-17 ¹⁶ And if the ear should say, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. ¹⁷ If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be?

1 Corinthians 12:21 ²¹ And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; or again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you."

1 Corinthians 15:52 ⁵² in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.

Revelation 1:7 ⁷ Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. Even so. Amen.

Revelation 3:18 ¹⁸ I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich, and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.

Eyes

Genesis 3:7 ⁷ Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.

Genesis 6:8-9 ⁸ But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. ⁹ These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God.

Genesis 21:19 ¹⁹ Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink.

Numbers 5:13 ¹³ and a man has intercourse with her and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and she is undetected, although she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act,

Numbers 15:39 ³⁹ "And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the LORD, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot,

Numbers 22:31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed all the way to the ground.

Numbers 27:14 ¹⁴ for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water." (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)

Deuteronomy 11:12 ¹² a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning even to the end of the year.

Deuteronomy 12:8 ⁸ "You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes;

Deuteronomy 16:19 ¹⁹ "You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.

Deuteronomy 21:9 ⁹ "So you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 24:1 ¹ "When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house,

Deuteronomy 25:3 ³ "He may beat him forty times but no more, lest he beat him with many more stripes than these, and your brother be degraded in your eyes.

Deuteronomy 28:65 ⁶⁵ "And among those nations you shall find no rest, and there shall be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul.

Deuteronomy 29:4 ⁴ "Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.

Judges 17:6 ⁶ In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.

Judges 21:25 ²⁵ In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

1 Samuel 12:3 ³ "Here I am; bear witness against me before the LORD and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? I will restore it to you."

1 Samuel 14:27-29 ²⁷ But Jonathan had not heard when his father put the people under oath; therefore, he put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened. ²⁸ Then one of the people answered and said, "Your father strictly put the people under oath, saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today.'" And the people were weary. ²⁹ Then Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. See now, how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

1 Samuel 15:17 ¹⁷ And Samuel said, "Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the LORD anointed you king over Israel,

2 Samuel 6:22 ²² "And I will be more lightly esteemed than this and will be humble in my own eyes, but with the maids of whom you have spoken, with them I will be distinguished."

2 Samuel 7:19 ¹⁹ "And yet this was insignificant in Thine eyes, O Lord God, for Thou hast spoken also of the house of Thy servant concerning the distant future. And this is the custom of man, O Lord God.

2 Samuel 22:25 ²⁵ "Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes.

2 Samuel 22:28 ²⁸ "And Thou dost save an afflicted people; But Thine eyes are on the haughty whom Thou dost abase.

1 Kings 8:52 ⁵² that Thine eyes may be open to the supplication of Thy servant and to the supplication of Thy people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to Thee.

1 Kings 9:3 ³ And the LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

2 Kings 6:20 ²⁰ And it came about when they had come into Samaria, that Elisha said, "O LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see." So the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

2 Kings 10:30 ³⁰ And the LORD said to Jehu, "Because you have done well in executing what is right in My eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in My heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel."

2 Kings 19:16 ¹⁶ "Incline Thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open Thine eyes, O LORD, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

2 Kings 19:22 ²² 'Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice, And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!

2 Kings 25:7 ⁷ And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon.

1 Chronicles 13:4 ⁴ Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

1 Chronicles 21:16 ¹⁶ Then David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between earth and heaven, with his drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.

2 Chronicles 6:20 ²⁰ that Thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, toward the place of which Thou hast said that Thou wouldst put Thy name there, to listen to the prayer which Thy servant shall pray toward this place.

2 Chronicles 6:40 ⁴⁰ "Now, O my God, I pray Thee, let Thine eyes be open, and Thine ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

2 Chronicles 7:15-16 ¹⁵ "Now My eyes shall be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place. ¹⁶ "For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

2 Chronicles 16:9 ⁹ "For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars."

2 Chronicles 20:12 ¹² "O our God, wilt Thou not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on Thee."

Ezra 9:8 ⁸ "But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.

Nehemiah 1:6 ⁶ let Thine ear now be attentive and Thine eyes open to hear the prayer of Thy servant which I am praying before Thee now, day and night, on behalf of the sons of Israel Thy servants, confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have sinned against Thee; I and my father's house have sinned.

Job 34:21 ²¹ "For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, And He sees all his steps.

Job 36:7 ⁷ "He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But with kings on the throne He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

Psalm 5:5 ⁵ The boastful shall not stand before Thine eyes; Thou dost hate all who do iniquity.

Psalm 10:8 ⁸ He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the hiding places he kills the innocent; His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate.

Psalm 11:4 ⁴ The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD's throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.

Psalm 13:3 ³ Consider and answer me, O LORD, my God; Enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,

Psalm 15:4 ⁴ In whose eyes a reprobate is despised, But who honors those who fear the LORD; He swears to his own hurt, and does not change;

Psalm 17:2 ² Let my judgment come forth from Thy presence; Let Thine eyes look with equity.

Psalm 17:11 ¹¹ They have now surrounded us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground.

Psalm 18:27 ²⁷ For Thou dost save an afflicted people; But haughty eyes Thou dost abase.

Psalm 19:8 ⁸ The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Psalm 25:15 ¹⁵ My eyes are continually toward the LORD, For He will pluck my feet out of the net.

Psalm 26:3 ³ For Thy lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Thy truth.

Psalm 31:22 ²² As for me, I said in my alarm, "I am cut off from before Thine eyes"; Nevertheless Thou didst hear the voice of my supplications When I cried to Thee.

Psalm 34:15 ¹⁵ The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous, And His ears are open to their cry.

Psalm 36:1 ¹For the choir director. A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord. Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart; There is no fear of God before his eyes. ² For it flatters him in his own eyes, Concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it.

Psalm 38:10 ¹⁰ My heart throbs, my strength fails me; And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.

Psalm 50:21 ²¹ "These things you have done, and I kept silence; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you, and state the case in order before your eyes.

Psalm 66:7 ⁷ He rules by His might forever; His eyes keep watch on the nations; Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

Psalm 69:3 ³ I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Psalm 101:3 ³ I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me. (Protect your spiritual eyes.) (Read the whole Psalm.)

Psalm 101:6 ⁶ My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me.

Psalm 115:5 ⁵ They have mouths, but they cannot speak; They have eyes, but they cannot see; (Idols. Humans like a dumb God. Less accountability.)

Psalm 116:8 ⁸ For Thou hast rescued my soul from death, My eyes from tears, My feet from stumbling.

Psalm 118:23 ²³ This is the LORD's doing; It is marvelous in our eyes.

Psalm 119:18 ¹⁸ Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Thy law.

Psalm 119:37 ³⁷ Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, And revive me in Thy ways. (Protect your spiritual eyes.)

Psalm 119:82 ⁸² My eyes fail with longing for Thy word, While I say, "When wilt Thou comfort me?"

Psalm 119:123 ¹²³ My eyes fail with longing for Thy salvation, And for Thy righteous word.

Psalm 119:136 ¹³⁶ My eyes shed streams of water, Because they do not keep Thy law.

Psalm 119:148 ¹⁴⁸ My eyes anticipate the night watches, That I may meditate on Thy word.

Psalm 121:1-2 ¹ A Song of Ascents. I Will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From whence shall my help come? ² My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth.

Psalm 123:1-2 ¹ A Song of Ascents. To Thee I lift up my eyes, O Thou who art enthroned in the heavens! ² Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; So our eyes look to the LORD our God, Until He shall be gracious to us.

Psalm 131:1 ¹ A Song of Ascents, of David. O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters, Or in things too difficult for me.

Psalm 135:15-16 ¹⁵ The idols of the nations are but silver and gold, The work of man's hands. ¹⁶ They have mouths, but they do not speak; They have eyes, but they do not see;

Psalm 139:16 ¹⁶ Thine eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Thy book they were all written, The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them.

Psalm 141:8 ⁸ For my eyes are toward Thee, O God, the Lord; In Thee I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless.

Psalm 145:15 ¹⁵ The eyes of all look to Thee, And Thou dost give them their food in due time.

Psalm 146:8 ⁸ The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous;

Proverbs 3:7 ⁷ Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil.

Proverbs 4:25 ²⁵ Let your eyes look directly ahead, And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.

Proverbs 5:21 ²¹ For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He watches all his paths.

Proverbs 6:13 ¹³ Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who points with his fingers;

Proverbs 6:17 ¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 12:15 ¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.

Proverbs 15:3 ³ The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.

Proverbs 17:24 ²⁴ Wisdom is in the presence of the one who has understanding, But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 20:8 ⁸ A king who sits on the throne of justice Disperses all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 21:2 ² Every man's way is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts.

Proverbs 21:4 ⁴ Haughty eyes and a proud heart, The lamp of the wicked, is sin.

Proverbs 21:10 ¹⁰ The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

Proverbs 22:12 ¹² The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.

Proverbs 23:4-5 ⁴ Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration of it. ⁵ When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings, Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.

Proverbs 23:26 ²⁶ Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes delight in my ways.

Proverbs 26:5 ⁵ Answer a fool as his folly deserves, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.

Proverbs 26:12 ¹² Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 26:16 ¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can give a discreet answer.

Proverbs 27:20 ²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.

Proverbs 28:11 ¹¹ The rich man is wise in his own eyes, But the poor who has understanding sees through him.

Proverbs 28:27 ²⁷ He who gives to the poor will never want, But he who shuts his eyes will have many curses.

Proverbs 29:13 ¹³ The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.

Proverbs 30:12-13 ¹² There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes, Yet is not washed from his filthiness. ¹³ There is a kind-- oh how lofty are his eyes! And his eyelids are raised in arrogance.

Ecclesiastes 2:10 ¹⁰ And all that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor.

Ecclesiastes 4:8 ⁸ There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, "And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?" This too is vanity and it is a grievous task.

Ecclesiastes 6:9 ⁹ What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 11:9 ⁹ Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

Isaiah 1:15 ¹⁵ "So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you, Yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

Isaiah 3:16 ¹⁶ Moreover, the LORD said, "Because the daughters of Zion are proud, And walk with heads held high and seductive eyes, And go along with mincing steps, And tinkle the bangles on their feet,

Isaiah 5:15 ¹⁵ So the common man will be humbled, and the man of importance abased, The eyes of the proud also will be abased.

Isaiah 5:21 ²¹ Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, And clever in their own sight!

Isaiah 6:10 ¹⁰ "Render the hearts of this people insensitive, Their ears dull, And their eyes dim, Lest they see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their hearts, And return and be healed."

Isaiah 11:3 ³ And He will delight in the fear of the LORD, And He will not judge by what His eyes see, Nor make a decision by what His ears hear;

Isaiah 29:18 ¹⁸ And on that day the deaf shall hear words of a book, And out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see.

Isaiah 32:3 ³ Then the eyes of those who see will not be blinded, And the ears of those who hear will listen.

Isaiah 33:15 ¹⁵ He who walks righteously, and speaks with sincerity, He who rejects unjust gain, And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed, And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil;

Isaiah 35:5 ⁵ Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

Isaiah 37:17 ¹⁷ "Incline Thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open Thine eyes, O LORD, and see; and listen to all the words of Sennacherib, who sent them to reproach the living God.

Isaiah 37:23 ²³ "Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice, And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!

Isaiah 38:14 ¹⁴ "Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

Isaiah 42:6-7 ⁶ "I am the LORD, I have called you in righteousness, I will also hold you by the hand and watch over you, And I will appoint you as a covenant to the people, As a light to the nations, ⁷ To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the dungeon, And those who dwell in darkness from the prison.

Isaiah 43:7-8 ⁷ Everyone who is called by My name, And whom I have created for My glory, Whom I have formed, even whom I have made." ⁸ Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, And the deaf, even though they have ears.

Isaiah 44:17-18 ¹⁷ But the rest of it he makes into a god, his graven image. He falls down before it and worships; he also prays to it and says, "Deliver me, for thou art my god." ¹⁸ They do not know, nor do they understand, for He has smeared over their eyes so that they cannot see and their hearts so that they cannot comprehend.

Isaiah 52:8 ⁸ Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, They shout joyfully together; For they will see with their own eyes When the LORD restores Zion.

Jeremiah 5:3 ³ O LORD, do not Thine eyes look for truth? Thou hast smitten them, But they did not weaken; Thou hast consumed them, But they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent.

Jeremiah 5:21 ²¹ 'Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, Who have eyes, but see not; Who have ears, but hear not.

Jeremiah 13:17 ¹⁷ But if you will not listen to it, My soul will sob in secret for such pride; And my eyes will bitterly weep And flow down with tears, Because the flock of the LORD has been taken captive.

Jeremiah 16:17 ¹⁷ "For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity concealed from My eyes.

Jeremiah 20:4 ⁴ "For thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I am going to make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; and while your eyes look on, they will fall by the sword of their enemies. So I shall give over all Judah to the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away as exiles to Babylon and will slay them with the sword.

Jeremiah 22:17 ¹⁷ "But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood And on practicing oppression and extortion."

Jeremiah 24:6-7 ⁶ 'For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them up and not overthrow them, and I will plant them and not pluck them up. ⁷ 'And I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart.

Jeremiah 32:18-19 ¹⁸ who showest lovingkindness to thousands, but repayest the iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their children after them, O great and mighty God. The LORD of hosts is His name; ¹⁹ great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds;

Lamentations 3:51 ⁵¹ My eyes bring pain to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.

Lamentations 4:17 ¹⁷ Yet our eyes failed; Looking for help was useless. In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save.

Lamentations 5:16-17 ¹⁶ The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned! ¹⁷ Because of this our heart is faint; Because of these things our eyes are dim;

Ezekiel 1:18 ¹⁸ As for their rims they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were full of eyes round about.

Ezekiel 6:9 ⁹ "Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations to which they will be carried captive, how I have been hurt by their adulterous hearts which turned away from Me, and by their eyes, which played the harlot after their idols; and they will loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed, for all their abominations.

Ezekiel 8:5 ⁵ Then He said to me, "Son of man, raise your eyes, now, toward the north." So I raised my eyes toward the north, and behold, to the north of the altar gate was this idol of jealousy at the entrance.

Ezekiel 12:2 ² "Son of man, you live in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel 18:12 ¹² oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols, and commits abomination,

Ezekiel 20:7-8 ⁷ "And I said to them, 'Cast away, each of you, the detestable things of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.' ⁸ "But they rebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me; they did not cast away the detestable things of their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:24 ²⁴ because they had not observed My ordinances, but had rejected My statutes, and had profaned My sabbaths, and their eyes were on the idols of their fathers.

Ezekiel 21:23 ²³ "And it will be to them like a false divination in their eyes; they have sworn solemn oaths. But he brings iniquity to remembrance, that they may be seized.

Ezekiel 22:26 ²⁶ "Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

Ezekiel 23:27 ²⁷ 'Thus I shall make your lewdness and your harlotry brought from the land of Egypt to cease from you, so that you will not lift up your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.'

Ezekiel 24:16 ¹⁶ "Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn, and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come.

Ezekiel 24:21 ²¹ 'Speak to the house of Israel, "Thus says the Lord God, 'Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.

Ezekiel 24:25 ²⁵ 'As for you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their stronghold, the joy of their pride, the desire of their eyes, and their heart's delight, their sons and their daughters,

Ezekiel 33:25 ²⁵ "Therefore, say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God, "You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols as you shed blood. Should you then possess the land?

Ezekiel 40:4 ⁴ And the man said to me, "Son of man, see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and give attention to all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. Declare to the house of Israel all that you see."

Daniel 4:34 ³⁴ "But at the end of that period I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever; For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom endures from generation to generation.

Daniel 9:18 ¹⁸ "O my God, incline Thine ear and hear! Open Thine eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Thy name; for we are not presenting our supplications before Thee on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Thy great compassion.

Amos 9:4 ⁴ "And though they go into captivity before their enemies, From there I will command the sword that it slay them, And I will set My eyes against them for evil and not for good."

Amos 9:8 ⁸ "Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom, And I will destroy it from the face of the earth; Nevertheless, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob," Declares the LORD.

Amos 9:4 ⁴ "And though they go into captivity before their enemies, From there I will command the sword that it slay them, And I will set My eyes against them for evil and not for good." (Divine eyes of judgment.)

Micah 4:11-13 ¹¹ "And now many nations have been assembled against you Who say, 'Let her be polluted, And let our eyes gloat over Zion.' ¹² "But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, And they do not understand His purpose; For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. ¹³ "Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, For your horn I will make iron And your hoofs I will make bronze, That you may pulverize many peoples, That you may devote to the LORD their unjust gain And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Micah 7:10 ¹⁰ Then my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will look on her; At that time she will be trampled down, Like mire of the streets.

Habakkuk 1:13 ¹³ Thine eyes are too pure to approve evil, And Thou canst not look on wickedness with favor. Why dost Thou look with favor On those who deal treacherously? Why art Thou silent when the wicked swallow up Those more righteous than they?

Zechariah 4:10 ¹⁰ "For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven will be glad when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel-- these are the eyes of the LORD which range to and fro throughout the earth."

Zechariah 5:5 ⁵ Then the angel who was speaking with me went out, and said to me, "Lift up now your eyes, and see what this is, going forth."

Zechariah 9:1 ¹ The burden of the word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach, with Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the LORD),

Zechariah 9:8 ⁸ But I will camp around My house because of an army, Because of him who passes by and returns; And no oppressor will pass over them anymore, For now I have seen with My eyes.

Zechariah 14:12 ¹² Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth.

Matthew 9:29-30 ²⁹ Then He touched their eyes, saying, "Be it done to you according to your faith." ³⁰ And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, "See here, let no one know about this!"

Matthew 20:33-34 ³³ They said to Him, "Lord, we want our eyes to be opened." ³⁴ And moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes; and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.

Mark 8:18-19 ¹⁸ "Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember, ¹⁹ when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces you picked up?" They said to Him, "Twelve."

Mark 9:47 ⁴⁷ "And if your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes, to be cast into hell,

Luke 16:23 ²³ "And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Luke 18:13 ¹³ "But the tax-gatherer, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!'

Luke 19:41-42 ⁴¹ And when He approached, He saw the city and wept over it, ⁴² saying, "If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes.

Luke 24:16 ¹⁶ But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him.

Luke 24:31 ³¹ And their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight.

John 4:35 ³⁵ "Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest '? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.

John 9:32-33 ³² "Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. ³³ "If this man were not from God, He could do nothing."

John 10:21 ²¹ Others were saying, "These are not the sayings of one demon-possessed. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?"

John 12:40 ⁴⁰ "He has blinded their eyes, and He hardened their heart; lest they see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and be converted, and I heal them." (It is not God’s will to override human negative volition.)

Acts 9:18 ¹⁸ And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he arose and was baptized;

Acts 26:18 ¹⁸ to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, in order that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.'

Acts 28:27 ²⁷ For the heart of this people has become dull, And with their ears they scarcely hear, And they have closed their eyes; Lest they should see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart and return, And I should heal them."'

Romans 3:18 ¹⁸ "There is no fear of God before their eyes."

Romans 11:8-10 ⁸ just as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, Eyes to see not and ears to hear not, Down to this very day." ⁹ And David says, "Let their table become a snare and a trap, And a stumbling block and a retribution to them. ¹⁰ "Let their eyes be darkened to see not, And bend their backs forever." (Romans 9-11 discusses the righteousness failure of Israel.

Ephesians 1:18 ¹⁸ I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, (The most important verse in this study.)

Hebrews 4:13 ¹³ And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do. (God’s omniscient eyes.)

Hebrews 12:2 ² fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (The second most important verse in this study.)

1 Peter 3:12 ¹² "For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And His ears attend to their prayer, But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

2 Peter 2:14 ¹⁴ having eyes full of adultery and that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children; (Eye sins.)

1 John 2:11 ¹¹ But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes. (Eye sins.)

1 John 2:16 ¹⁶ For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. (Eye sins.)

Revelation 5:6 ⁶ And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.

Revelation 7:17 ¹⁷ for the Lamb in the center of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them to springs of the water of life; and God shall wipe every tear from their eyes."

Eyeservice

Ephesians 6:6 ⁶ not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.

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