Psalm 119:18

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Cross-reference

Psalm 119:125 makes a parallel request: 'Give me understanding' — both ask for divine illumination to know God's testimonies.

Psalm 119:129 declares the testimonies are 'wonderful' — the same root as 'wondrous things' in v.18 — showing the response to opened eyes.

Psalm 119:96 shows the result of opened eyes: the psalmist sees the limitless breadth of God's commandment beyond all else.

Ephesians 1:18 prays for 'eyes of your hearts enlightened' — a direct New Testament echo of the psalmist's cry for open eyes.

Isaiah 29:10-12 describes spiritual blindness and sealed revelation, contrasting sharply with the psalmist's plea for opened eyes to see God's law.

Ephesians 1:17 prays for wisdom and revelation to know God, paralleling the psalmist's request for opened eyes to see wonders.

2 Corinthians 4:4-6 describes Satan's blinding and God's light, directly addressing the need for eyes opened that the psalmist prays for.

Isaiah 35:5 Prophetic fulfillment

Isaiah 35:5 prophesies the blind shall see, directly answering the psalmist's prayer in a messianic context of restoration.

Hosea 8:12 Contrast

Hosea 8:12 laments that God's law is treated as a strange thing — the opposite of the psalmist's desire to see wonders in it.

Matthew 13:13 shows people seeing without perceiving — the blindness the psalmist prays to overcome, highlighting spiritual need.

2 Corinthians 3:14-18 explains the veil removed in Christ, enabling us to behold glory — the 'wondrous things' the psalmist seeks in the law.

2 Corinthians 3:13 describes a veil that prevents seeing — contrasting with the psalmist's prayer for open eyes to behold God's law.

Acts 26:18 Allusion

Acts 26:18 uses 'open their eyes' — the same prayer the psalmist makes, now extended to Paul's mission to the Gentiles.

John 9:39 Prophetic fulfillment

John 9:39 declares Jesus came so the blind may see, fulfilling the psalmist's plea for spiritual sight through Christ.

In Matthew 20:33, blind men cry 'Lord, let our eyes be opened' — a direct parallel to the psalmist's prayer for spiritual sight.

John 9:30 Parallel

John 9:30 records the blind man's amazement that Jesus opened his eyes, a physical miracle that parallels the psalmist's desire for spiritual sight.

Luke 24:45 Allusion

Luke 24:45 shows Jesus opening the disciples' minds to understand Scripture, fulfilling the psalmist's prayer for opened eyes to behold God's law.

2 Kings 6:17 has Elisha pray for his servant's eyes to be opened to see the heavenly army — a direct parallel to the psalmist's prayer for spiritual sight.

Proverbs 20:12 Related theme

Proverbs 20:12 affirms that the Lord made both the hearing ear and seeing eye, grounding the psalmist's plea for opened eyes in God's creative power.

Isaiah 29:18 prophesies that the blind will see and the deaf hear, echoing the psalmist's request for divine illumination to understand God's word.

Revelation 3:18 counsels buying eye salve to see spiritually — a parallel metaphor for divine illumination, though applied to a different context.

Matthew 16:17 reveals that divine insight comes from the Father, just as the psalmist asks God to open his eyes to the law.

Isaiah 32:3 Parallel

Isaiah 32:3 promises a time when eyes will not be closed, echoing the psalmist's request for divine illumination.

Hebrews 10:1 says the law is a shadow of good things — contrasting the psalmist's view of the law as full of wondrous things.