Psalm 146:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

the Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous.

Cross References

Psalm 11:7

For the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.

Psalm 145:14

The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.

Psalm 147:6

The Lord lifts up the downtrodden; he casts the wicked to the ground.

Isaiah 35:5

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

Isaiah 42:16

I will lead the blind by a road they do not know; by paths they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I will do, and I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 42:18

Listen, you who are deaf, and you who are blind, look up and see!

Matthew 11:5

the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with a skin disease are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news brought to them.

Matthew 9:30

And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly ordered them, “See that no one knows of this.”

John 16:27

for the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

2 Corinthians 7:6

But God, who consoles the downcast, consoled us by the arrival of Titus,

Ephesians 1:18

so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may perceive what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints,

Deuteronomy 33:3

Indeed, O favorite among peoples, all his holy ones were in your charge; they marched at your heels, accepted direction from you.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.