Psalms 146:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The Lord makes open the eyes of the blind; the Lord is the lifter up of those who are bent down; the Lord is a lover of the upright;

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  • Matt 9:30 : 30 And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it.
  • Ps 11:7 : 7 For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.
  • Ps 145:14 : 14 The Lord is the support of all who are crushed, and the lifter up of all who are bent down.
  • Ps 147:6 : 6 The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.
  • Isa 35:5 : 5 Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will take the blind by a way of which they had no knowledge, guiding them by roads strange to them: I will make the dark places light before them, and the rough places level. These things will I do and will not give them up.
  • Isa 42:18 : 18 Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.
  • Deut 33:3 : 3 All his holy ones are at his hand; they go at his feet; they are lifted up on his wings.
  • Matt 11:5 : 5 The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.
  • Luke 13:11-13 : 11 And there was a woman who had had a disease for eighteen years; she was bent, and was not able to make herself straight. 12 And when Jesus saw her, he said to her, Woman, you are made free from your disease. 13 And he put his hands on her, and she was made straight, and gave praise to God.
  • Luke 18:41-42 : 41 What would you have me do for you? And he said, Lord, that I may be able to see again. 42 And Jesus said, See again: your faith has made you well.
  • John 9:7-9 : 7 And said to him, Go and make yourself clean in the bath of Siloam (the sense of the name is, Sent). So he went away and, after washing, came back able to see. 8 Then the neighbours and others who had seen him before in the street, with his hand out for money, said, Is not this the man who got money from people? 9 Some said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he. 10 So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open? 11 His answer was: The man who is named Jesus put earth mixed with water on my eyes, and said to me, Go and make yourself clean in Siloam: so I went away and, after washing, am now able to see. 12 And they said to him, Where is he? His answer was: I have no knowledge. 13 They took him before the Pharisees--this man who had been blind. 14 Now the day on which the earth was mixed by Jesus and the man's eyes were made open was the Sabbath. 15 So the Pharisees put more questions to him about how his eyes had been made open. And he said to them, He put earth on my eyes, and I had a wash and am able to see. 16 Then some of the Pharisees said, That man has not come from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath. Others said, How is it possible for a sinner to do such signs? So there was a division among them. 17 Again they said to the blind man, What have you to say about him for opening your eyes? And he said, He is a prophet. 18 Now the Jews had no belief in the statement that he had been blind and was now able to see, till they sent for the father and mother of the man whose eyes had been made open, 19 And put the question to them, saying, Is this your son, of whom you say that he was blind at birth? how is it then that he is now able to see? 20 In answer his father and mother said, We are certain that this is our son and that he was blind at birth: 21 But how it is he is now able to see, or who made his eyes open, we are not able to say: put the question to him; he is old enough to give an answer for himself. 22 They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue. 23 That was the reason why they said, He is old enough; put the question to him. 24 So they sent a second time for the man who had been blind and they said to him, Give glory to God: it is clear to us that this man is a sinner. 25 He said in answer, I have no knowledge if he is a sinner or not, but one thing I am certain about; I was blind, and now I see. 26 Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he give you the use of your eyes? 27 His answer was: I have said it before, but your ears were shut: why would you have me say it again? is it your desire to become his disciples? 28 And they were angry with him and said, You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. 29 We are certain that God gave his word to Moses: but as for this man, we have no knowledge where he comes from. 30 The man said in answer, Why, here is a strange thing! You have no knowledge where he comes from though he gave me the use of my eyes. 31 We have knowledge that God does not give ear to sinners, but if any man is a worshipper of God and does his pleasure, to him God's ears are open. 32 In all the years nobody has ever before seen the eyes of a man blind from birth made open. 33 If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.
  • John 14:21-23 : 21 He who has my laws and keeps them, he it is who has love for me: and he who has love for me will be loved by my Father, and I will have love for him and will let myself be seen clearly by him. 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, How is it that you will let yourself be seen clearly by us and not by the world? 23 Jesus said to him in answer, If anyone has love for me, he will keep my words: and he will be dear to my Father; and we will come to him and make our living-place with him.
  • John 16:27 : 27 For the Father himself gives his love to you, because you have given your love to me and have had faith that I came from God.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
  • 2 Cor 7:6 : 6 But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus;
  • Eph 1:18 : 18 And that having the eyes of your heart full of light, you may have knowledge of what is the hope of his purpose, what is the wealth of the glory of his heritage in the saints,
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.

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    14 The Lord is the support of all who are crushed, and the lifter up of all who are bent down.

    15 The eyes of all men are waiting for you; and you give them their food in its time.

  • 9 The Lord takes care of those who are in a strange land; he gives help to the widow and to the child who has no father; but he sends destruction on the way of sinners.

  • 7 Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

  • 7 For the Lord is upright; he is a lover of righteousness: the upright will see his face.

  • 15 The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

  • 7 To give eyes to the blind, to make free the prisoners from the prison, to let out those who are shut up in the dark.

  • 6 The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble.

  • 6 The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.

  • 28 For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but your eyes are on men of pride, to make them low.

  • 5 His delight is in righteousness and wisdom; the earth is full of the mercy of the Lord.

  • 17 For the arms of the evil-doers will be broken: but the Lord is the support of the good.

  • 1 Sam 2:6-8
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    6 The Lord is the giver of death and life: sending men down to the underworld and lifting them up.

    7 The Lord gives wealth and takes a man's goods from him: crushing men down and again lifting them up;

    8 Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.

  • 5 Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.

  • 18 And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.

  • 4 The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

  • Ps 113:6-7
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    7 He takes the poor man out of the dust, lifting him up from his low position;

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    5 The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy.

    6 The Lord keeps the simple; I was made low, and he was my saviour.

  • 17 The Lord is upright in all his ways, and kind in all his works.

  • 13 The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.

  • 4 For the upright there is a light shining in the dark; he is full of grace and pity.

  • 6 Though the Lord is high, he sees those who are low; and he has knowledge from far off of those who are lifted up.

  • 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

  • 8 The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.

  • 4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.

  • 7 Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.

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    42 The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

    43 Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.

  • 3 Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.

  • 27 For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.

  • 18 Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.

  • 7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • 11 Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.

  • 9 He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

  • 17 The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

  • 18 Give ear, you whose ears are shut; and let your eyes be open, you blind, so that you may see.

  • 18 Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country.

  • 4 The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.

  • 18 See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

  • 8 Good and upright is the Lord: so he will be the teacher of sinners in the way.

  • 8 The Lord is full of grace and pity; not quickly angry, but great in mercy.

  • 12 I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.

  • 11 Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;

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    8 And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.