Spiritually Blind

 

Blindness is a lack of vision. 

Partial blindness means you have very limited vision. Complete blindness means you cannot see anything and do not see light. Most people who use the term "blindness" mean complete blindness. 

SOURCE: National Library of (Medicine MedlinePlus.gov)

 

In the Bible, blindness is used to symbolize a variety of things, including: 

Physical weakness 
In the Hebrew Bible, physical blindness can represent weakness and imperfection. 

Spiritual blindness
In the New Testament, Jesus often compared physical blindness to spiritual blindness. The Bible uses the analogy of blindness to describe people who are unable or unwilling to perceive divine revelation. 

Punishment
In some passages, blindness is mentioned as a punishment inflicted by God. For example, God threatened to inflict blindness on Israel for violating the covenant. 

Protection
In some passages, God strikes His servants' assailants with blinding flashes or permanent blindness to protect His servants. 

Captivity
In ancient Near Eastern culture, blinding was a punishment that marked prisoners as captives. For example, Samson was blinded by the Philistines. 

Impurity
In some passages, blindness is associated with impurity and exclusion. For example, Eli is associated with blindness in 1 Samuel 3:2, 1 Samuel 3:13, and 1 Samuel 4:15. 

Cognitive inability
In some passages, blindness is associated with cognitive inability. For example, Isaac is associated with blindness in Genesis 27:1-38. 

 

Here are some Bible verses that relate to blindness:

Deuteronomy 16:19: "You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous". 

 

Psalm 146:8: "The Lord gives sight to the blind". 

 

Isaiah 42:16: "The Lord gives sight to the blind". 

 

Luke 4:18: Jesus claimed to fulfill Isaiah's prophetic promise to proclaim "recovery of sight to the blind". 

 

Revelation 3:17: "For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked".