Isaiah 42:7

New American Bible - revised edition

To open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.

Cross References

Psalm 97:7

All who serve idols are put to shame, who glory in worthless things; all gods bow down before him.

Isaiah 29:18

On that day the deaf shall hear the words of a scroll; And out of gloom and darkness, the eyes of the blind shall see.

Isaiah 35:5

Then the eyes of the blind shall see, and the ears of the deaf be opened;

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead the blind on a way they do not know; by paths they do not know I will guide them. I will turn darkness into light before them, and make crooked ways straight. These are my promises: I made them, I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 42:22

This is a people plundered and despoiled, all of them trapped in holes, hidden away in prisons. They are taken as plunder, with no one to rescue them, as spoil, with no one to say, “Give back!”

Isaiah 49:9

To say to the prisoners: Come out! To those in darkness: Show yourselves! Along the roadways they shall find pasture, on every barren height shall their pastures be.

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; He has sent me to bring good news to the afflicted, to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, release to the prisoners,

Isaiah 9:2

You have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing; They rejoice before you as people rejoice at harvest, as they exult when dividing the spoils.

Micah 7:9

I will endure the wrath of the Lord because I have sinned against him, Until he pleads my case, and establishes my right. He will bring me forth to the light; I will see his righteousness.

Matthew 11:5

the blind regain their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.

Luke 24:45

Then he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.

John 9:39

Then Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might become blind.”

John 9:7

and said to him, “Go wash in the Pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed, and came back able to see.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may obtain forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been consecrated by faith in me.’

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to bring to light the knowledge of the glory of God on the face of [Jesus] Christ. The Paradox of the Ministry.

2 Timothy 2:26

and that they may return to their senses out of the devil’s snare, where they are entrapped by him, for his will.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are “a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises” of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.

Revelation 3:18

I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white garments to put on so that your shameful nakedness may not be exposed, and buy ointment to smear on your eyes so that you may see.