Blindness, Spiritual

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.

• Matthew 13:13 NT

  Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don’t see, and hearing, they don’t hear, neither do they understand.

• Matthew 13:14 NT

  In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled, which says, ‘By hearing you will hear, and will in no way understand; Seeing you will see, and will in no way perceive:

• John 12:40 NT

  “He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”

• Psalms 13:3 OT

  Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;

• Psalms 119:18 OT

  Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things out of your law.

• Isaiah 42:7 OT

  to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.

• Luke 4:18 NT

  “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are…

• John 8:12 NT

  Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

• John 9:39 NT

  Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”

• 2 Corinthians 4:6 NT

  seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

• Matthew 5:14 NT

  You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.

• Acts 26:18 NT

  to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

• Ephesians 5:8 NT

  For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

• Colossians 1:13 NT

  who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,

• 1 Thessalonians 5:4 NT

  But you, brothers, aren’t in darkness, that the day should overtake you like a thief.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:5 NT

  You are all children of light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to darkness,

• 1 Peter 2:9 NT

  But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

• John 9:7 NT

  and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.

• John 9:11 NT

  He answered, “A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went away and washed, and I received sight.”

• John 9:25 NT

  He therefore answered, “I don’t know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see.”

• Acts 9:18 NT

  Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight. He arose and was baptized.

• Revelation 3:18 NT

  I counsel 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.

• Romans 11:25 NT

  For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,

• 2 Corinthians 3:15 NT

  But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart.