Bible Verses About Spiritual Blindness
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But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
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Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
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.
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.
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
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!
13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
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!
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.