Luke 11:34

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Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, your body is full of darkness.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 6:22-23 : 22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
  • Eph 1:17 : 17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,
  • Eph 6:5 : 5 Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ,
  • Col 3:22 : 22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching– like those who are strictly people-pleasers– but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan’s working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders, 10 and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved. 11 Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false. 12 And so all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned.
  • Mark 4:12 : 12 so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”
  • Mark 7:22 : 22 adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly.
  • Mark 8:18 : 18 Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear? Don’t you remember?
  • Acts 2:46 : 46 Every day they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, breaking bread from house to house, sharing their food with glad and humble hearts,
  • Acts 13:11 : 11 Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!” Immediately mistiness and darkness came over him, and he went around seeking people to lead him by the hand.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
  • Rom 11:8-9 : 8 as it is written,“God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day.” 9 And David says,“Let their table become a snare and trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them; 10 let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and make their backs bend continually.”
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.
  • 2 Kgs 6:15-20 : 15 The prophet’s attendant got up early in the morning. When he went outside there was an army surrounding the city, along with horses and chariots. He said to Elisha,“Oh no, my master! What will we do?” 16 He replied,“Don’t be afraid, for our side outnumbers them.” 17 Then Elisha prayed,“O LORD, open his eyes so he can see.” The LORD opened the servant’s eyes and he saw that the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. 18 As they approached him, Elisha prayed to the LORD,“Strike these people with blindness.” The LORD struck them with blindness as Elisha requested. 19 Then Elisha said to them,“This is not the right road or city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you’re looking for.” He led them to Samaria. 20 When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said,“O LORD, open their eyes, so they can see.” The LORD opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.
  • Ps 81:12 : 12 I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them.
  • Ps 119:18 : 18 Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law!
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.
  • Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed.”
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For the LORD has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply. He has shut your eyes(the prophets), and covered your heads(the seers).
  • Isa 42:19 : 19 My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the LORD, is truly blind.
  • Isa 44:18 : 18 They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern.
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
  • Gen 19:11 : 11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, with blindness. The men outside wore themselves out trying to find the door.

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    21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

    22“The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

    23But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

  • Luke 11:35-36
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    35Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness.

    36If then your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you.”

  • Luke 11:33
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    33Internal Light“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light.

  • Mark 9:47
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    47If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

  • Matt 18:9
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    9And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.

  • Matt 5:28-29
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    28But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

    29If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

  • Luke 8:16-17
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    16Showing the Light“No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light.

    17For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.

  • Matt 5:14-16
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    14You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden.

    15People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

    16In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

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    41Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

    42How can you say to your brother,‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

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    25Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.

  • Matt 7:3-5
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    3Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

    4Or how can you say to your brother,‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while there is a beam in your own?

    5You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

  • John 12:35-36
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    35Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

    36While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them.

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    30A bright look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the body.

  • Matt 13:16
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    16“But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear.

  • Eccl 11:7
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    7Life Should Be Enjoyed Because Death is Inevitable Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for a person to see the sun.

  • Luke 12:34-35
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  • John 11:10
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    10But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

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    35The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.

  • John 8:12
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    12Jesus as the Light of the World Then Jesus spoke out again,“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

  • Eph 5:13
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    13But all things being exposed by the light are made visible.

  • Prov 13:9
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    9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

  • John 9:41
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    41Jesus replied,“If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.

  • 1 Cor 12:16-17
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    16And if the ear says,“Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,” it does not lose its membership in the body because of that.

    17If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell?

  • 2 Cor 4:4
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    4among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.

  • John 9:5
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    5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

  • 2 Cor 4:6
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    6For God, who said“Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

  • John 3:19-20
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    19Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.

    20For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

  • John 12:46
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    46I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.

  • Luke 6:45
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    45The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart.

  • Prov 15:3
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    3The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good.

  • Eccl 2:14
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    14The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

  • Eph 5:8
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    8for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live like children of light–

  • 1 John 1:5
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    5God Is Light, So We Must Walk in the Light Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

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    3So then whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

  • Matt 20:33
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    33They said to him,“Lord, let our eyes be opened.”