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The term "blind" appears in various contexts throughout Scripture, illustrating both literal and figurative meanings.<br><br><b>Physical Blindness:</b><br><br>Physical blindness is frequently mentioned in the Bible, often as a condition that evokes compassion and a need for healing. In the Old Testament, the Law provided specific instructions regarding the treatment of the blind. <a href="/leviticus/19-14.htm">Leviticus 19:14</a> commands, "You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you are to fear your God. I am the LORD." This reflects the ethical responsibility to care for and protect those who are vulnerable.<br><br>In the New Testament, Jesus Christ's ministry is marked by numerous healings of the blind, demonstrating His divine authority and compassion. One of the most notable accounts is found in <a href="/bsb/john/9.htm">John 9</a>, where Jesus heals a man who was blind from birth. In this narrative, Jesus declares, "While I am in the world, I am the light of the world" (<a href="/john/9-5.htm">John 9:5</a>), emphasizing His role as the bringer of both physical and spiritual sight.<br><br><b>Spiritual Blindness:</b><br><br>Beyond the physical, blindness is often used metaphorically to describe a lack of spiritual insight or understanding. The prophets frequently rebuked Israel for their spiritual blindness. <a href="/isaiah/42-18.htm">Isaiah 42:18-20</a> highlights this condition: "Hear, you deaf, and look, you blind, that you may see. Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like the one committed to Me, blind like the servant of the LORD?"<br><br>In the New Testament, spiritual blindness is a theme in Jesus' teachings and interactions with the Pharisees. In <a href="/matthew/15-14.htm">Matthew 15:14</a>, Jesus refers to the Pharisees as "blind guides," warning that "if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit." This underscores the danger of spiritual leaders who lack true understanding and insight.<br><br><b>Healing and Restoration:</b><br><br>The healing of blindness, both physical and spiritual, is a significant theme in the Bible, symbolizing the restoration and redemption that comes through faith in God. In <a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18</a>, Jesus reads from the scroll of Isaiah, proclaiming His mission: "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 proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed."<br><br>The Apostle Paul also speaks of spiritual enlightenment in <a href="/ephesians/1-18.htm">Ephesians 1:18</a>, praying that "the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints."<br><br><b>Judgment and Accountability:</b><br><br>The Bible also speaks of judgment upon those who remain in spiritual blindness. In <a href="/john/9-39.htm">John 9:39</a>, Jesus states, "For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind." This paradoxical statement highlights the accountability of those who claim to see but reject the truth of Christ.<br><br>In <a href="/revelation/3-17.htm">Revelation 3:17</a>, the church in Laodicea is admonished for their spiritual complacency: "You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing,’ but you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked." This serves as a warning to all believers to remain vigilant and humble in their spiritual walk.<br><br>In summary, the concept of blindness in the Bible encompasses both physical ailments and spiritual conditions, with a strong emphasis on the transformative power of faith and the necessity of spiritual sight for understanding and following God's will.<a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>Blind beggars are frequently mentioned (<a href="/matthew/9-27.htm">Matthew 9:27</a>; <a href="/matthew/12-22.htm">12:22</a>; <a href="/matthew/20-30.htm">20:30</a>; <a href="/john/5-3.htm">John 5:3</a>). The blind are to be treated with compassion (<a href="/leviticus/19-14.htm">Leviticus 19:14</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/27-18.htm">Deuteronomy 27:18</a>). Blindness was sometimes a punishment for disobedience (<a href="/1_samuel/11-2.htm">1 Samuel 11:2</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/39-7.htm">Jeremiah 39:7</a>), sometimes the effect of old age (<a href="/genesis/27-1.htm">Genesis 27:1</a>; <a href="/1_kings/14-4.htm">1 Kings 14:4</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/4-15.htm">1 Samuel 4:15</a>). Conquerors sometimes blinded their captives (<a href="/2_kings/25-7.htm">2 Kings 25:7</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/11-2.htm">1 Samuel 11:2</a>). Blindness denotes ignorance as to spiritual things (<a href="/isaiah/6-10.htm">Isaiah 6:10</a>; <a href="/isaiah/42-18.htm">42:18</a>, 19; <a href="/matthew/15-14.htm">Matthew 15:14</a>; <a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm">Ephesians 4:18</a>). The opening of the eyes of the blind is peculiar to the Messiah (<a href="/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18</a>). Elymas was smitten with blindness at Paul's word (<a href="/acts/13-11.htm">Acts 13:11</a>). <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>a.</I>) Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight.<p>2. (<I>a.</I>) Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects.<p>3. (<I>a.</I>) Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.<p>4. (<I>a.</I>) Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch.<p>5. (<I>a.</I>) Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.<p>6. (<I>a.</I>) Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.<p>7. (<I>a.</I>) Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing.<p>8. (<I>a.</I>) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers.<p>9. (<I>v. t.</I>) To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment.<p>10. (<I>v. t.</I>) To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle.<p>11. (<I>v. t.</I>) To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive.<p>12. (<I>v. t.</I>) To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.<p>13. (<I>n.</I>) Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.<p>14. (<I>n.</I>) Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.<p>15. (<I>n.</I>) A blindage. See Blindage.<p>16. (<I>n.</I>) A halting place.<p>17. (<I>n.</I>) Alt. of Blinde<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/5185.htm"><span class="l">5185. tuphlos -- <b>blind</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>blind</b>. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: tuphlos Phonetic Spelling:<br> (toof-los') Short Definition: <b>blind</b> Definition: <b>blind</b>, physically or mentally. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5185.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5186.htm"><span class="l">5186. tuphloo -- to <b>blind</b>, to make <b>blind</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>blind</b>, to make <b>blind</b>. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: tuphloo Phonetic<br> Spelling: (toof-lo'-o) Short Definition: I make <b>blind</b> Definition: I make <b>blind</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5186.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/4456.htm"><span class="l">4456. poroo -- to petrify, ie to harden</span></a> <br><b>...</b> harden, <b>blind</b>. Apparently from poros (a kind of stone); to petrify, ie (figuratively)<br> to indurate (render stupid or callous) -- <b>blind</b>, harden. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4456.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/5497.htm"><span class="l">5497. cheiragogos -- leading by the hand</span></a> <br><b>...</b> leader by the hand. From cheir and a reduplicated form of ago; a hand-leader, ie<br> Personal conductor (of a <b>blind</b> person) -- some to lead by the hand. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5497.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5496.htm"><span class="l">5496. cheiragogeo -- to lead by the hand</span></a> <br><b>...</b> lead by the hand. From cheiragogos; to be a hand-leader, ie To guide (a<br> <b>blind</b> person) -- lead by the hand. see GREEK cheiragogos. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5496.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/5090.htm"><span class="l">5090. Timaios -- "highly prized," Timaeus, an Israelite</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Timaios Phonetic Spelling: (tim'-ah-yos) Short<br> Definition: Timaeus Definition: Timaeus, father of the <b>blind</b> beggar Bartimaeus. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5090.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4656.htm"><span class="l">4656. skotoo -- to darken</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to darken. From skotos; to obscure or <b>blind</b> (literally or figuratively) -- be<br> full of darkness. see GREEK skotos. (eskotothe) -- 1 Occurrence. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4656.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5787.htm"><span class="l">5787. ivver -- <b>blind</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 5786, 5787. ivver. 5788 . <b>blind</b>. Transliteration: ivver Phonetic Spelling:<br> (iv-vare') Short Definition: <b>blind</b>. Word Origin from <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5787.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5786.htm"><span class="l">5786. avar -- to make <b>blind</b>, <b>blind</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 5785, 5786. avar. 5787 . to make <b>blind</b>, <b>blind</b>. Transliteration: avar Phonetic<br> Spelling: (aw-var') Short Definition: blinded. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5786.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5956.htm"><span class="l">5956. alam -- to conceal</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to conceal NASB Word Usage <b>blind</b> (1), disregard* (1), escapes (1),<br> ever (1), hidden (10), hide (6), hides (1), melts (1), neglect (1), pay no <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5956.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5788b.htm"><span class="l">5788b. avvereth -- blindness</span></a><br><b>...</b> blindness. Transliteration: avvereth Short Definition: <b>blind</b>. Word Origin from avar<br> Definition blindness NASB Word Usage <b>blind</b> (1). 5788a, 5788b. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5788b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5788.htm"><span class="l">5788. ivvarown -- blindness</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5787, 5788. ivvarown. 5788a . blindness. Transliteration: ivvarown Phonetic<br> Spelling: (iv-vaw-rone') Short Definition: <b>blind</b>. blindness <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5788.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8173a.htm"><span class="l">8173a. shaa -- to be smeared over, blinded</span></a><br><b>...</b> 8173, 8173a. shaa. 8173b . to be smeared over, blinded. Transliteration:<br> shaa Short Definition: <b>blind</b>. Word Origin a prim. root <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8173a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3543a.htm"><span class="l">3543a. kahah -- to be or grow dim or faint</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be or grow dim or faint NASB Word Usage <b>blind</b><br> (1), dim (2), disheartened (1), faint (1), grown dim (1). 3543, 3543a. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3543a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/whitefield/selected_sermons_of_george_whitefield/blind_bartimeus.htm"><span class="l"><b>Blind</b> Bartimeus</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>Blind</b> Bartimeus. Mark 10:52 " "And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy<br> faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/blind bartimeus.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_5_1859/the_blind_beggar.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Blind</b> Beggar</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The <b>Blind</b> Beggar. A Sermon (No.266). Delivered <b>...</b> called. And they call the <b>blind</b><br> man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the blind beggar.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/seeing_and_blind.htm"><span class="l">Seeing and <b>Blind</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> SEEING AND <b>BLIND</b>. 'They seeing, see not.'"Matthew 13, 13. This is true<br> about all the senses of the word 'seeing'; there is not <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/seeing and blind.htm</font><p><a href="/library/anonymous/mother_stories_from_the_new_testament/the_two_blind_men.htm"><span class="l">The Two <b>Blind</b> Men.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE TWO <b>BLIND</b> MEN. When Jesus had left the house of the ruler Jairus, there<br> followed Him two <b>blind</b> men. <b>...</b> [Illustration: THE TWO <b>BLIND</b> MEN.]. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../anonymous/mother stories from the new testament/the two blind men.htm</font><p><a href="/library/johnson/the_new_testament_commentary_vol_iii_john/jesus_and_the_blind_man.htm"><span class="l">Jesus and the <b>Blind</b> Man.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter IX. Jesus and the <b>Blind</b> Man. This <b>...</b> (John 9:1) 1. And as Jesus passed<br> by, he saw a man which was <b>blind</b> from his birth. The <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../johnson/the new testament commentary vol iii john/jesus and the blind man.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_blind_watchers_at_the.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Blind</b> Watchers at the Cross</span></a> <br><b>...</b> D.; ST. MATTHEW Chaps. XVIII to XXVIII THE <b>BLIND</b> WATCHERS AT THE CROSS.<br> 'And sitting down they watched Him there.' "Matthew 27:36. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the blind watchers at the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/the_blind_mans_guide.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Blind</b> Man's Guide</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE <b>BLIND</b> MAN'S GUIDE. <b>...</b> 1. The <b>blind</b> travellers. They are <b>blind</b>, and their road is<br> unknown to them. It is a symbol of our condition and of our paths in life. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the blind mans guide.htm</font><p><a href="/library/shaw/touching_incidents_and_remarkable_answers_to_prayer/god_heals_a_blind_girl.htm"><span class="l">God Heals a <b>Blind</b> Girl</span></a> <br><b>...</b> GOD HEALS A <b>BLIND</b> GIRL. <b>...</b> They had taken Annie to an eye doctor the day before<br> and he had said that she was <b>blind</b> and would always be <b>blind</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../touching incidents and remarkable answers to prayer/god heals a blind girl.htm</font><p><a href="/library/dods/the_expositors_bible_the_gospel_of_st_john_vol_i/xx_sight_given_to_the.htm"><span class="l">Sight Given to the <b>Blind</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> XX. SIGHT GIVEN TO THE <b>BLIND</b>. "And as He passed by, He saw a man <b>blind</b> from his<br> birth. <b>...</b> They bring to the Pharisees him that aforetime was <b>blind</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../dods/the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol i/xx sight given to the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_d/the_gradual_healing_of_the.htm"><span class="l">The Gradual Healing of the <b>Blind</b> Man</span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE GRADUAL HEALING OF THE <b>BLIND</b> MAN. 'And Jesus cometh to Bethsaida; and they<br> bring a <b>blind</b> man unto Him, and besought Him to touch him.23. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/the gradual healing of the.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/b/blind.htm"><span class="l"><b>Blind</b> (91 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b><b>Blind</b> beggars are frequently mentioned (Matthew 9:27; 12:22; 20:30; John 5:3). The<br><b>blind</b> are to be treated with compassion (Leviticus 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:18 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/blind.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/half-blind.htm"><span class="l">Half-<b>blind</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Half-<b>blind</b>. Half-an-hour, Half-<b>blind</b>. Half-curtain . Multi-Version<br> Concordance Half-<b>blind</b> (1 Occurrence). Mark 9:47 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/half-blind.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/deaf.htm"><span class="l">Deaf (22 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 11:5 the <b>blind</b> receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed,<br> the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/deaf.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/guides.htm"><span class="l">Guides (24 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 15:14 Leave them alone. They are <b>blind</b> guides of the <b>blind</b>. If the <b>blind</b><br> guide the <b>blind</b>, both will fall into a pit." (WEB WEY ASV BBE YLT NAS RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/guides.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/ditch.htm"><span class="l">Ditch (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (YLT). Matthew 15:14 Let them alone: they be <b>blind</b> leaders of the <b>blind</b>. And if<br> the <b>blind</b> lead the <b>blind</b>, both shall fall into the ditch. (KJV DBY WBS YLT). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/ditch.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bartimaeus.htm"><span class="l">Bartimaeus (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary Son of Timaeus, one of the two <b>blind</b> beggars<br> of Jericho (Mark 10:46; Matthew 20:30). His blindness was <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bartimaeus.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lame.htm"><span class="l">Lame (35 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> In the enigmatical and probably corrupt passage describing David's capture<br> of Jerusalem, the lame and <b>blind</b> are mentioned twice. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lame.htm - 21k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/pit.htm"><span class="l">Pit (110 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 15:14 Leave them alone. They are <b>blind</b> guides of the <b>blind</b>. If the <b>blind</b><br> guide the <b>blind</b>, both will fall into a pit." (WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/pit.htm - 41k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/mute.htm"><span class="l">Mute (29 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 12:22 Then one possessed by a demon, <b>blind</b> and mute, was brought to him<br> and he healed him, so that the <b>blind</b> and mute man both spoke and saw. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/mute.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/cured.htm"><span class="l">Cured (62 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 11:5 the <b>blind</b> receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed,<br> the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/cured.htm - 23k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/blind-Bartimaeus.html">What is the story of blind Bartimaeus? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/blind-faith.html">Does God expect us to have blind faith? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/one-two-blind-men.html">Matthew 20:29-34 says Jesus healed two blind men as He left Jericho. Mark 10:46-52 and Luke 18:35-43 say He healed one man as He entered Jericho. Is this a contradiction? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/blind.htm">Blind: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Blind (91 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/9-27.htm">Matthew 9:27</a></span><br />As Jesus passed by from there, two <span class="boldtext">blind</span> men followed him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of David!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/9-28.htm">Matthew 9:28</a></span><br />When he had come into the house, the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/11-5.htm">Matthew 11:5</a></span><br />the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> 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.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/12-22.htm">Matthew 12:22</a></span><br />Then one possessed by a demon, <span class="boldtext">blind</span> and mute, was brought to him and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/15-14.htm">Matthew 15:14</a></span><br />Leave them alone. They are <span class="boldtext">blind</span> guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/15-30.htm">Matthew 15:30</a></span><br />Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his feet. He healed them,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/15-31.htm">Matthew 15:31</a></span><br />so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and <span class="boldtext">blind</span> seeing-and they glorified the God of Israel.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/20-30.htm">Matthew 20:30</a></span><br />Behold, two <span class="boldtext">blind</span> men sitting by the road, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/21-14.htm">Matthew 21:14</a></span><br />The <span class="boldtext">blind</span> and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/23-16.htm">Matthew 23:16</a></span><br />"Woe to you, you <span class="boldtext">blind</span> guides, who say,'Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obligated.'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/23-17.htm">Matthew 23:17</a></span><br />You <span class="boldtext">blind</span> fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/23-19.htm">Matthew 23:19</a></span><br />You <span class="boldtext">blind</span> fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/23-24.htm">Matthew 23:24</a></span><br />You <span class="boldtext">blind</span> guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/23-26.htm">Matthew 23:26</a></span><br />You <span class="boldtext">blind</span> Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/8-22.htm">Mark 8:22</a></span><br />He came to Bethsaida. They brought a <span class="boldtext">blind</span> man to him, and begged him to touch him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/8-23.htm">Mark 8:23</a></span><br />He took hold of the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spit on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/10-46.htm">Mark 10:46</a></span><br />They came to Jericho. As he went out from Jericho, with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a <span class="boldtext">blind</span> beggar, was sitting by the road.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/10-49.htm">Mark 10:49</a></span><br />Jesus stood still, and said, "Call him." They called the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> man, saying to him, "Cheer up! Get up. He is calling you!"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/10-51.htm">Mark 10:51</a></span><br />Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The <span class="boldtext">blind</span> man said to him, " Rabboni, that I may see again."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/4-18.htm">Luke 4:18</a></span><br />"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 brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, to deliver those who are crushed,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/6-39.htm">Luke 6:39</a></span><br />He spoke a parable to them. "Can the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit? <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/7-21.htm">Luke 7:21</a></span><br />In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were <span class="boldtext">blind</span> he gave sight. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/7-22.htm">Luke 7:22</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> 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.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/14-13.htm">Luke 14:13</a></span><br />But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the <span class="boldtext">blind</span>;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/14-21.htm">Luke 14:21</a></span><br />"That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant,'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, and lame.'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/18-35.htm">Luke 18:35</a></span><br />It happened, as he came near Jericho, a certain <span class="boldtext">blind</span> man sat by the road, begging.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/5-3.htm">John 5:3</a></span><br />In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-1.htm">John 9:1</a></span><br />As he passed by, he saw a man <span class="boldtext">blind</span> from birth.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-2.htm">John 9:2</a></span><br />His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born <span class="boldtext">blind</span>?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-3.htm">John 9:3</a></span><br />"Neither he nor his parents sinned," answered Jesus, "but he was born <span class="boldtext">blind</span> in order that God's mercy might be openly shown in him.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-6.htm">John 9:6</a></span><br />When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> man's eyes with the mud,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-8.htm">John 9:8</a></span><br />The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was <span class="boldtext">blind</span> before, said, "Isn't this he who sat and begged?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-13.htm">John 9:13</a></span><br />They brought him who had been <span class="boldtext">blind</span> to the Pharisees. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-17.htm">John 9:17</a></span><br />Therefore they asked the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> man again, "What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-18.htm">John 9:18</a></span><br />The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-19.htm">John 9:19</a></span><br />and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born <span class="boldtext">blind</span>? How then does he now see?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-20.htm">John 9:20</a></span><br />His parents answered them, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born <span class="boldtext">blind</span>;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-24.htm">John 9:24</a></span><br />So they called the man who was <span class="boldtext">blind</span> a second time, and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-25.htm">John 9:25</a></span><br />He therefore answered, "I don't know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, now I see."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-32.htm">John 9:32</a></span><br />Since the world began it has never been heard of that anyone opened the eyes of someone born <span class="boldtext">blind</span>. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-39.htm">John 9:39</a></span><br />Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become <span class="boldtext">blind</span>."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-40.htm">John 9:40</a></span><br />Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also <span class="boldtext">blind</span>?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/9-41.htm">John 9:41</a></span><br />Jesus said to them, "If you were <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, you would have no sin; but now you say,'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/10-21.htm">John 10:21</a></span><br />Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn't possible for a demon to open the eyes of the <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, is it?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/11-37.htm">John 11:37</a></span><br />Some of them said, "Couldn't this man, who opened the eyes of him who was <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, have also kept this man from dying?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/12-40.htm">John 12:40</a></span><br />"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."<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/13-11.htm">Acts 13:11</a></span><br />Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, 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.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/2-19.htm">Romans 2:19</a></span><br />and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, a light to those who are in darkness,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm">2 Corinthians 4:4</a></span><br />in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_peter/1-9.htm">2 Peter 1:9</a></span><br />For he who lacks these things is <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, seeing only what is near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_peter/3-5.htm">2 Peter 3:5</a></span><br />For they are wilfully <span class="boldtext">blind</span> to the fact that there were heavens which existed of old, and an earth, the latter arising out of water and extending continuously through water, by the command of God;<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_john/2-11.htm">1 John 2:11</a></span><br />But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks in the darkness, and doesn't know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/3-17.htm">Revelation 3:17</a></span><br />Because you say,'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, and naked;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/19-11.htm">Genesis 19:11</a></span><br />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.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/4-11.htm">Exodus 4:11</a></span><br />Yahweh said to him, "Who made man's mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or <span class="boldtext">blind</span>? Isn't it I, Yahweh?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/23-8.htm">Exodus 23:8</a></span><br />"You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/19-14.htm">Leviticus 19:14</a></span><br />"'You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the <span class="boldtext">blind</span>; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/21-18.htm">Leviticus 21:18</a></span><br />For whatever man he is that has a blemish, he shall not draw near: a <span class="boldtext">blind</span> man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or any deformity,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm">Leviticus 22:22</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Blind</span>, injured, maimed, having a wart, festering, or having a running sore, you shall not offer these to Yahweh, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-21.htm">Deuteronomy 15:21</a></span><br />If it have any blemish, as if it be lame or <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, any ill blemish whatever, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-19.htm">Deuteronomy 16:19</a></span><br />You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does <span class="boldtext">blind</span> the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-18.htm">Deuteronomy 27:18</a></span><br />'Cursed is he who makes the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> to wander out of the way.' All the people shall say,'Amen.'<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-28.htm">Deuteronomy 28:28</a></span><br />Yahweh will strike you with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Deuteronomy 28:29</a></span><br />and you shall grope at noonday, as the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/2-33.htm">1 Samuel 2:33</a></span><br />The man of yours, whom I shall not cut off from my altar, shall be to consume your eyes, and to grieve your heart; and all the increase of your house shall die in the flower of their age.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/12-3.htm">1 Samuel 12:3</a></span><br />Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a ransom to <span class="boldtext">blind</span> my eyes therewith? I will restore it to you."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-6.htm">2 Samuel 5:6</a></span><br />The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, "Unless you take away the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> and the lame, you shall not come in here;" thinking, "David can't come in here."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/5-8.htm">2 Samuel 5:8</a></span><br />David said on that day, "Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and strike the lame and the <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, who are hated by David's soul." Therefore they say, "The the blind and the lame can't come into the house."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/6-18.htm">2 Kings 6:18</a></span><br />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 the word of Elisha.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/29-15.htm">Job 29:15</a></span><br />I was eyes to the <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, and feet to the lame.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/69-23.htm">Psalms 69:23</a></span><br />Let their eyes be <span class="boldtext">blind</span> so that they may not see; let their bodies for ever be shaking. <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/94-9.htm">Psalms 94:9</a></span><br />Has he by whom your ears were planted no hearing? or is he <span class="boldtext">blind</span> by whom your eyes were formed? <br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/146-8.htm">Psalms 146:8</a></span><br />Yahweh opens the eyes of the <span class="boldtext">blind</span>. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/6-10.htm">Isaiah 6:10</a></span><br />Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and <span class="boldtext">blind</span> their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and healed.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">Isaiah 29:9</a></span><br />Pause and wonder! <span class="boldtext">Blind</span> yourselves and be blind! They are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/29-18.htm">Isaiah 29:18</a></span><br />In that day, the deaf will hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> will see out of obscurity and out of darkness.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/33-23.htm">Isaiah 33:23</a></span><br />Your cords have become loose; they were not able to make strong the support of their sails, the sail was not stretched out: then the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> will take much property, the feeble-footed will make division of the goods of war.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/35-5.htm">Isaiah 35:5</a></span><br />Then the eyes of the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/42-7.htm">Isaiah 42:7</a></span><br />to open the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/42-16.htm">Isaiah 42:16</a></span><br />I will bring the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> by a way that they don't know. I will lead them in paths that they don't know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/42-18.htm">Isaiah 42:18</a></span><br />"Hear, you deaf, and look, you <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, that you may see.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/42-19.htm">Isaiah 42:19</a></span><br />Who is <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, but my servant? Or who is as deaf as my messenger whom I send? Who is as blind as he who is at peace, and as blind as Yahweh's servant?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/43-8.htm">Isaiah 43:8</a></span><br />Bring out the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/44-9.htm">Isaiah 44:9</a></span><br />Those who make a pictured image are all of them as nothing, and the things of their desire will be of no profit to them: and their servants see not, and have no knowledge; so they will be put to shame.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/56-10.htm">Isaiah 56:10</a></span><br />His watchmen are <span class="boldtext">blind</span>, they are all without knowledge; they are all mute dogs, they can't bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/59-10.htm">Isaiah 59:10</a></span><br />We grope for the wall like the <span class="boldtext">blind</span>; yes, we grope as those who have no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among those who are lusty we are as dead men.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/31-8.htm">Jeremiah 31:8</a></span><br />Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, and with them the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together: a great company shall they return here.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/4-14.htm">Lamentations 4:14</a></span><br />They wander as <span class="boldtext">blind</span> men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men can't touch their garments.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zephaniah/1-17.htm">Zephaniah 1:17</a></span><br />I will bring distress on men, that they will walk like <span class="boldtext">blind</span> men, because they have sinned against Yahweh, and their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/zechariah/12-4.htm">Zechariah 12:4</a></span><br />In that day," says Yahweh, "I will strike every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/malachi/1-8.htm">Malachi 1:8</a></span><br />When you offer the <span class="boldtext">blind</span> 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.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/b/blind.htm">Blind</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/b/blind_faith.htm">Blind Faith</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/b/blind--cruelty_to,_forbidden.htm">Blind: Cruelty To, Forbidden</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/b/blind--the_taunting_jebusites,_hated_by_david.htm">Blind: The Taunting Jebusites, Hated by David</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/half-blind.htm">Half-blind (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/deaf.htm">Deaf (22 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/guides.htm">Guides (24 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/ditch.htm">Ditch (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a 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