Psalms 119:18

The psalmist asks God to open his eyes to see wonderful things in His law. It matters because true spiritual understanding of Scripture is a work of God, not merely human effort.

Cross-references · 16

• Eph 1:17–18That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
• Acts 26:18To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• Isa 32:3And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.
• Isa 35:5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
• Matt 13:13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
• 2 Cor 4:4–6In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
• John 9:39And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
• Matt 16:17And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
• Isa 29:18And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
• Rev 3:18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
• 2 Cor 3:13–18And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished:
• Isa 29:10–12For 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.
• Ps 119:96I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.
• Heb 8:5Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
• Heb 10:1For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
• Hos 8:12I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.

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