Exo 4:11, Psa 146:8, Isa 29:18-19, 32:3, 35:5, 42:7, 16-18, Joh 9:39, 11:37 | ESV | STEP | Then the Lord said to him, Who has made man’s mouth ? Who makes him mute , or deaf , or seeing , or blind ? Is it not I, the Lord ?

Exodus 4:11

11 Then the Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?

Psalms 146:8

8 ^athe Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
^bThe Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
^cthe Lord loves the righteous.

Isaiah 29:18-19

18 In that day ^dthe deaf shall hear
^ethe words of a book,
and out of their gloom and darkness
^fthe eyes of the blind shall see.
19 ^gThe meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord,
and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 32:3

3 ^hThen the eyes of those who see will not be closed,
and the ears of those who hear will give attention.

Isaiah 35:5

5 ⁱThen the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped;

Isaiah 42:7

7 ^jto open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
^kfrom the prison those who sit in darkness.

Isaiah 42:16-18

16 ^lAnd I will lead the blind
in a way that they do not know,
in paths that they have not known
I will guide them.
I will turn the darkness before them into light,
^mthe rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.
17 ⁿThey are turned back and utterly put to shame,
who trust in carved idols,
who say to metal images,
“You are our gods.”

Israel’s Failure to Hear and See

18 Hear, you deaf,
and look, you blind, that you may see!

John 9:39

39 Jesus said, ^o“For judgment I came into this world, ^pthat those who do not see may see, and ^qthose who see may become blind.”

John 11:37

37 But some of them said, “Could not he ^rwho opened the eyes of the blind man ^salso have kept this man from dying?”