Topic
Blindness, Spiritual
50 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Psalms 13:3Torrey Pray for the removal of
Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
- Psalms 69:23Torrey Judicially inflicted
Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
- Psalms 82:5Torrey The wicked are in
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
- Psalms 119:18Torrey Pray for the removal of
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
- Isaiah 26:11Torrey The wicked wilfully guilty of
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
- Isaiah 29:10Torrey The effect of sin
For 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.
- Isaiah 42:7Torrey Christ appointed to remove
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
- Isaiah 44:18Torrey Judicially inflicted
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
- Jeremiah 5:21Torrey The wicked are in
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
- Matthew 5:14Torrey Christ's ministers are lights to remove
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
- Matthew 6:23Torrey The effect of sin
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
- Matthew 13:13Torrey Judicially inflicted
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
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- Matthew 13:14 Torrey Judicially inflicted
- Matthew 15:14 Torrey Of ministers, fatal to themselves and to the people
- Matthew 23:16 Torrey Exemplified — Scribes and Pharisees
- Matthew 23:19 Torrey The self-righteous are in
- Matthew 23:24 Torrey Exemplified — Scribes and Pharisees
- Matthew 23:26 Torrey The self-righteous are in
- Luke 4:18 Torrey Christ appointed to remove
- John 1:5 Torrey Explained
- John 3:19 Torrey The effect of sin
- John 3:20 Torrey The effect of sin
- John 8:12 Torrey Christ appointed to remove
- John 9:7 Torrey Removal of, illustrated
- John 9:11 Torrey Removal of, illustrated
- John 9:25 Torrey Removal of, illustrated
- John 9:39 Torrey Christ appointed to remove
- John 12:40 Torrey Judicially inflicted
- Acts 9:18 Torrey Removal of, illustrated
- Acts 26:18 Torrey Christ's ministers are lights to remove
- Romans 1:19–21 Torrey The wicked wilfully guilty of
- Romans 11:8 Torrey Unbelief, the effect of
- Romans 11:25 Torrey Exemplified — Israel
- 1 Corinthians 2:14 Torrey Explained
- 2 Corinthians 3:15 Torrey Exemplified — Israel
- 2 Corinthians 4:3 Torrey Unbelief, the effect of
- 2 Corinthians 4:4 Torrey Unbelief, the effect of
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 Torrey Christ appointed to remove
- Ephesians 4:17–19 Torrey Leads to all evil
- Ephesians 5:8 Torrey Saints are delivered from
- Colossians 1:13 Torrey Saints are delivered from
- 1 Thessalonians 5:4 Torrey Saints are delivered from
- 1 Thessalonians 5:5 Torrey Saints are delivered from
- 1 Peter 2:9 Torrey Saints are delivered from
- 1 John 1:6 Torrey Is consistent with communion with God
- 1 John 1:7 Torrey Is consistent with communion with God
- 1 John 2:9 Torrey Uncharitableness, a proof of
- 1 John 2:11 Torrey Uncharitableness, a proof of
- Revelation 3:17 Torrey The self-righteous are in
- Revelation 3:18 Torrey Removal of, illustrated
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 54 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Explained Joh 1:5; 1Co 2:14
- The effect of sin Isa 29:10; Mt 6:23; Joh 3:19,20
- Unbelief, the effect of Ro 11:8; 2Co 4:3,4
- Uncharitableness, a proof of 1Jo 2:9,11
- A work of the devil 2Co 4:4
- Leads to all evil Eph 4:17-19
- Is consistent with communion with God 1Jo 1:6,7
- Of ministers, fatal to themselves and to the people Mt 15:14
- The wicked are in Ps 82:5; Jer 5:21
- The self-righteous are in Mt 23:19,26; Re 3:17
- The wicked wilfully guilty of Isa 26:11; Ro 1:19-21
- Judicially inflicted Ps 69:23; Isa 29:10; 44:18; Mt 13:13,14; Joh 12:40
- Pray for the removal of Ps 13:3; 119:18
- Christ appointed to remove Isa 42:7; Lu 4:18; Joh 8:12; 9:39; 2Co 4:6
- Christ's ministers are lights to remove Mt 5:14; Ac 26:18
- Saints are delivered from Joh 8:12; Eph 5:8; Col 1:13; 1Th 5:4,5; 1Pe 2:9
- Removal of, illustrated Joh 9:7,11,25; Ac 9:18; Re 3:18
- Exemplified
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.