Blindness

Nave's Topical Bible

Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

• Leviticus 21:18 OT

  For whatever man he is that has a defect, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,

• Leviticus 22:22 OT

  You shall not offer what is blind, is injured, is maimed, has a wart, is festering, or has a running sore to Yahweh, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Yahweh.

• Deuteronomy 15:21 OT

  If it has any defect—is lame or blind, or has any defect whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.

• Malachi 1:8 OT

  When you offer the blind for sacrifice, isn’t that evil? And when you offer the lame and sick, isn’t that evil? Present it now to your governor! Will he be pleased with you? Or will he accept your person?” says Yahweh of Armies.

• Genesis 19:11 OT

  They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

• 2 Kings 6:18-23 OT

  When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.” He struck them with blindness according to Elishah’s word. Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, neither is this the city.…

• Acts 9:8 NT

  Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one. They led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

• Acts 9:9 NT

  He was without sight for three days, and neither ate nor drank.

• Acts 13:11 NT

  Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!” Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

• Deuteronomy 28:28 OT

  Yahweh will strike you with madness, with blindness, and with astonishment of heart.

• Matthew 9:27-30 NT

  As Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, calling out and saying, “Have mercy on us, son of David!” When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do…

• Matthew 11:5 NT

  the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

• Matthew 12:22 NT

  Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.

• Matthew 21:14 NT

  The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

• Matthew 20:30-34 NT

  Behold, two blind men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!” The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more,…

• Mark 10:46-52 NT

  They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and…

• Mark 8:22-25 NT

  He came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to him, and begged him to touch him. He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spat on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he…

• John 9:1-7 NT

  As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “This man didn’t sin, nor did his parents; but, that the works of God might be…

• Genesis 27:1 OT

  When Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, “My son?” He said to him, “Here I am.”

• Genesis 48:10 OT

  Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he couldn’t see well. Joseph brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.

• 1 Samuel 4:15 OT

  Now Eli was ninety-eight years old. His eyes were set, so that he could not see.

• 1 Kings 14:4 OT

  Jeroboam’s wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.

• Exodus 5:2 OT

  Pharaoh said, “Who is Yahweh, that I should listen to his voice to let Israel go? I don’t know Yahweh, and moreover I will not let Israel go.”

• Deuteronomy 29:4 OT

  But Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.