Thoughts and
about Eyes

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. (1 Cor.2:9)

"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus" Hebrews 12:2 (BSB)

God open my eyes
     so I may see
And feel your presence close
     to me….
Give me strength
for my stumbling feet
As I battle the crowd
on life's busy street,
And widen the vision
of my unseeing eyes
So in passing faces I'll
     recognise
Not just a stranger,
unloved and unknown,
But a friend with a heart
that is much like my own….
Give me perception to make
     me aware
That scattered profusely
on life's thoroughfare
Are the best Gifts of God
that we daily pass by
As we look at the world
with an Unseeing Eye.

Helen Steiner Rice

It is not your hold on Christ that saves you—it is Christ; it is not your joy in Christ that saves you—it is Christ; it is not even faith in Christ, though that be the instrument—it is Christ's blood and merits; therefore, look not so much to your hand with which you are grasping Christ, as to Christ; look not to your hope, but to Jesus, the source of your hope; look not to your faith, but to Jesus, the author and finisher of your faith.

Spurgeon

SALVE. The spiritually blind Christians in the Laodicean congregation were urged to buy eye salve, to rub in their eyes that they may see. (Rev.3:17,18) The Greek word for eyesaalve (kol‑lou‑ri‑on) literally means a roll or cake of coarse bread, suggesting that the salve was likely made up into small cakes or rolls. As Laodicea was famous for its medical school and probably also produced the eye medicine known as "Phrygian powder," the recommendation to buy eyesalve would have been very meaningful to the Christians there.

Selected

Various other things are done for the adorning of the bride, including having her face polished till it shines like marble, and having henna painted on her nails, the palms of her hands, the arms, the breasts, and the feet. Her eyebrows are pencilled so as to appear to meet and the eyelids blackened also to make the eyes appear larger. She would also be adorned with bracelets, anklets, and many necklaces, and often have real gems sewn into her dress.

Customs and Costumes in Bible Days
I.E.D. Gollmick

The use of cosmetics was apparently not common, at least until the latter days of the divided kingdom. The painting of the eyes referred to in several passages e.g. Jeremiah 4:30 RV was a form of tattooing of the eyelids and a painting under the eyebrows. A black dye was used.

They Lived in Israel
Laurence H. Bunker

"Leah had dull eyes" Gen.29:17 (Moffatt)