Psa 33:9, 146:8, Isa 29:18-19, 35:5, 42:16-18, Mat 11:5, 12:22, Mar 8:25 | ESV | STEP | For he spoke , and it came to be; he commanded , and it stood firm .

Psalms 33:9

9 For ^ahe spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.

Psalms 146:8

8 ^bthe Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
^cThe Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
^dthe Lord loves the righteous.

Isaiah 29:18-19

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

Isaiah 35:5

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

Isaiah 42:16-18

16 ^jAnd 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,
^kthe rough places into level ground.
These are the things I do,
and I do not forsake them.
17 ^lThey 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!

Matthew 11:5

5 ^mthe blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers ^{▼▼Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13} are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and ^othe poor have good news preached to them.

Matthew 12:22

Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit

22 ^pThen a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw.

Mark 8:25

25 Then Jesus ^{▼▼Greek he} laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.