The concept of the "eye" in the Bible is rich with symbolic and literal meanings, reflecting both physical sight and spiritual insight. The eye is often used metaphorically to represent perception, understanding, and moral discernment.

Physical Sight and Creation:
The eye, as a physical organ, is part of God's intricate creation. In Proverbs 20:12, it is written, "Ears that hear and eyes that see—the LORD has made them both." This verse highlights the divine craftsmanship in creating human faculties, emphasizing the eye's role in perceiving the world.

Spiritual Insight and Discernment:
The eye frequently symbolizes spiritual insight and the ability to discern truth. In Matthew 6:22-23, Jesus teaches, "The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness." Here, the "eye" represents one's spiritual perception and moral clarity. A "good" eye indicates a life filled with spiritual light and righteousness, while a "bad" eye suggests moral and spiritual darkness.

God's Omniscience:
The Bible often uses the imagery of God's eyes to convey His omniscience and watchfulness over creation. In 2 Chronicles 16:9, it is stated, "For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him." This passage underscores God's ability to see all things and His readiness to support the faithful.

Judgment and Accountability:
The eye is also associated with judgment and accountability. In Proverbs 15:3, it is written, "The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good." This verse serves as a reminder of God's constant vigilance and the moral accountability of human actions.

Covetousness and Sin:
The eye can be an instrument of temptation and sin, as seen in the account of Eve in Genesis 3:6: "When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it." The eye's role in covetousness and the fall into sin is evident, illustrating the need for vigilance over one's desires.

Healing and Restoration:
Miracles involving the restoration of sight are significant in the New Testament, symbolizing both physical healing and spiritual awakening. In John 9:1-7, Jesus heals a man born blind, demonstrating His power over physical ailments and His role as the light of the world, bringing spiritual sight to those in darkness.

Eternal Perspective:
Believers are encouraged to fix their eyes on eternal truths rather than temporal distractions. In 2 Corinthians 4:18, Paul writes, "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." This exhortation calls Christians to maintain a focus on spiritual realities and the promises of God.

The eye, in its various biblical contexts, serves as a profound symbol of both physical and spiritual realities, reflecting the complexity of human perception and the divine attributes of God.

But Even Although we Should be under the Necessity of Accepting ...
... eyes are also blinded when they are smitten by the light: not, however, because
it is of the nature of the sun to blind, but because the eye's own constitution ...
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"Let the Lower Lights be Burning. "
... Dark the night of sin has settled, Loud and angry billows roar; Eager eye's
are watching, longing, For the lights along the shore."Cho. ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/let the lower lights be.htm

An Elegy
... My soul might look about. O what a vanity is Man! How like the eye's quick wink.
His cottage fails; whose narrow span. Begins e'en at the brink! ...
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Evening Hymn
... On Love's watchful eyelid creep: Never yet could gloomy Night. Damp His Eye's immortal
light: Love is His own Day, and sees. Whatsoe'er Himself doth please: ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/cxliii evening hymn.htm

LM Gaskell. Bearing with us the Dying of Jesus.
... 2 When indolence would have its will, And selfish ease would keep us still, Then
to the Saviour may we look, And meet his eye's serene rebuke. ...
/.../book of hymns for public and private devotion/152 l m gaskell bearing.htm

Whether the Act of Knowledge Acquired Here Remains in the ...
... Thus that a person see a stone is due to the species of the stone in his eye;
but that he see it clearly, is due to the eye's visual power. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the act of knowledge.htm

Appeal to the Christian Women of the South
... Exodus 21, 5-6. 6. If a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid,
that it perish, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. ...
/.../an appeal to the christian women of the south/appeal to the christian women.htm

The Olivet Message.
... It takes power to keep the body under control: the mouth clean and sweet, both
physically and morally: the eye turned away from the thing that should not be ...
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Scriptural Poems; Being Several Portions of Scripture Digested ...
... And in a while as he returned again To take his wife, behold, where he had slain
The beast, he there a swarm of bees set eye on, And honey in the carcase of ...
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Eye's (1 Occurrence)
...Eye's (1 Occurrence). Exodus 21:26 "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's
eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. ...
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Eyes (6285 Occurrences)
... See EYE; PUNISHMENTS. ... di-zez'-is: Blindness, defects of sight and diseases of the
eye are frequently mentioned in the Scriptures, but usually in general terms. ...
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Eyesalve (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Ointment for the eye. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. EYESALVE. i'-sav (kollourion; collyrium; Revelation ...
/e/eyesalve.htm - 7k

Destroys (23 Occurrences)
... Exodus 21:26 "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys
it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). ...
/d/destroys.htm - 12k

Manservant (14 Occurrences)
... (KJV RSV NIV). Exodus 21:26 And if a man smite the eye of his bondman, or the eye
of his bondwoman, and destroy it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. ...
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Maid's (2 Occurrences)
... Maid's (2 Occurrences). Exodus 21:26 "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his
maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. (WEB) ...
/m/maid's.htm - 7k

Bondwoman (17 Occurrences)
... (See JPS). Exodus 21:26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of
his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. ...
/b/bondwoman.htm - 11k

Compensate (4 Occurrences)
... Compensate (4 Occurrences). Exodus 21:26 "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or
his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. ...
/c/compensate.htm - 8k

Servant's (29 Occurrences)
... Exodus 21:26 "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys
it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. (WEB). ...
/s/servant's.htm - 15k

Strikes (39 Occurrences)
... (WEB NAS RSV). Exodus 21:26 "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye,
and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. (WEB NAS RSV). ...
/s/strikes.htm - 16k

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