Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give [them] unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and show me [both] it, and his habitation:
And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king [is] as an angel of God: do therefore [what is] good in thine eyes.
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes [are] upon the haughty, [that] thou mayest bring [them] down.
And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see [it]: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel [are] upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.
And also thus said the king, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, which hath given [one] to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing [it].
That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, [even] toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen [it]: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do [that which is] right in mine eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and my judgments, as [did] David his father.
And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and [yet] thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do [that] only [which was] right in mine eyes;
Because David did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any [thing] that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
And Asa did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, as [did] David his father.
But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that [were] before him.
Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, [that] whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put [it] in their hand, and take [it] away.
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; [for] the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain [was] full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these [men], that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, [they were] in the midst of Samaria.
Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, [if] the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see [it] with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, [if] the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
And he that [was] over the house, and he that [was] over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up [of the children], sent to Jehu, saying, We [are] thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou [that which is] good in thine eyes.
And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing [that which is] right in mine eyes, [and] hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that [was] in mine heart, thy children of the fourth [generation] shall sit on the throne of Israel.
LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted [thy] voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] against the Holy [One] of Israel.
Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
And [yet] this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast [also] spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders [of Israel, who were] clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
And Ornan said unto David, Take [it] to thee, and let my lord the king do [that which is] good in his eyes: lo, I give [thee] the oxen [also] for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and [let] thine ears [be] attent unto the prayer [that is made] in this place.
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer [that is made] in this place.
For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen [it]: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: [for] thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
And Asa did [that which was] good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of [them] whose heart [is] perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes [are] upon thee.
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD.
For our fathers have trespassed, and done [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned [their] backs.
Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, [who were] ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
And now for a little space grace hath been [showed] from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.
And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard [thereof], and all the heathen that [were] about us saw [these things], they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
For [this] deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing [seem] right before the king, and I [be] pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which [are] in all the king's provinces:
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
Because it shut not up the doors of my [mother's] womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image [was] before mine eyes, [there was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying],
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no [more]: thine eyes [are] upon me, and I [am] not.
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the giving up of the ghost.
And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
He that speaketh flattery to [his] friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; [though] my reins be consumed within me.
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
[Though] it be given him [to be] in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes [are] upon their ways.
The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he [is] not.
Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he [was] righteous in his own eyes.
For his eyes [are] upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings [are they] on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
From thence she seeketh the prey, [and] her eyes behold afar off.
He taketh it with his eyes: [his] nose pierceth through snares.
By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes [are] like the eyelids of the morning.
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not.
Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
The statutes of the LORD [are] right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD [is] pure, enlightening the eyes.
Mine eyes [are] ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
For thy lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
The eyes of the LORD [are] upon the righteous, and his ears [are open] unto their cry.
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes.
For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; [it] shall not cleave to me.
Mine eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, [and] my feet from falling.
This is the LORD'S doing; it [is] marvellous in our eyes.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
Mine eyes prevent the [night] watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
A Song of degrees. Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
Behold, as the eyes of servants [look] unto the hand of their masters, [and] as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes [wait] upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
A Song of degrees of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, [or] slumber to mine eyelids,
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them.
But mine eyes [are] unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:
Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.
The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.
The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: [and] a good report maketh the bones fat.
All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.
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