Bible Quotes About Blindness

“And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.”

“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 unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.”

“Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. dim: Heb. heavy”

“And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.”

“For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,”

“Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.”

“And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God.”

“The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:”

“Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.”

“For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.”

“O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!”

“And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.”

“Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.”

“And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? How: or, What”

“Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.”

“His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.”

“He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. never: Heb. unto generation and generation”

“To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”

“Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.”

“But as for me, my feet were almost gone ; my steps had well nigh slipped.”

“Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.”

“They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. out: Heb. moved”

“A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.”

“Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.”

“Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?”

“Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:”

“Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Open: Heb. Reveal”

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. the beginning: or, the principal part”

“How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?”

“For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:”

“They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.”

“The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.”

“And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, the youths: Heb. the sons”

“The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. of wisdom: Heb. of heart”

“Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.”

“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.”

“Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?”

“Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.”

“The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.”

“Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.”

“I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: I applied: Heb. I and mine heart compassed”

“The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.”

“Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. honourable: Heb. glory are men of famine”

“Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! call: Heb. say concerning evil, It is good, etc”

“And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. indeed, but understand: or, without ceasing, etc: Heb. in hearing, etc”

“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.”

“The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.”

“Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.”

“LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them. at: or, toward thy people”

“When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.”

“But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.”

“Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through , it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:”

“For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. rulers: Heb. heads”

“Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?”

“Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?”

“Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.”

“I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;”

“To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.”

“Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.”

“They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. shut: Heb. daubed”

“Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.”

“Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? report: or, doctrine?: Heb. hearing?”

“His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. sleeping: or, dreaming, or, talking in their sleep”

“For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.”

“The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.”

“For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”

“Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.”

“I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.”

“Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: understanding: Heb. heart”

“Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.”

“And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.”

“Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.”

“And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?”

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”

“Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.”

“Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.”

“Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.”

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. destroyed: Heb. cut off”

“I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall. I will not: or, Shall I not fall: or, be punished”

“They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. They will: or, Their doings will not suffer them frame: Heb. give”

“Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.”

“All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.”

“But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.”

“And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. for: Heb. to”

“Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. a bushel: the word in the original signifieth a measure containing about a pint less than a peck”

“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”

“But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!”

“And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth.”

“And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.”

“The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.”

“Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.”

“Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.”

“When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.”

“Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”

“And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?”

“And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.”

“And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.”

“Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.”

“Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!”

“Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.”