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19 Bible Verses About Perspective

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  • 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 calls Paul’s troubles “light and momentary” and says they are achieving an eternal glory, and it fixes the eyes on what is unseen because what is seen is temporary.
  • In 1 Samuel 16:7 the Lord corrects Samuel, who took Eliab for the chosen king: “People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
  • In 2 Kings 6:17 Elisha prays for his servant’s eyes to be opened, and the servant sees the hills full of horses and chariots of fire.
  • Psalm 73:16-17 records a view that changed in the sanctuary of God, where Asaph understood the final destiny of the wicked he had envied.
  • Matthew 7:5 sets an order for correcting others: take the plank out of your own eye first, “and then you will see clearly.”

The Bible speaks of perspective in the language of seeing. Paul writes, “we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen” (2 Corinthians 4:18), and the Lord tells Samuel, “People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart” (1 Samuel 16:7). Isaiah 55:8-9 sets God’s thoughts as far above human thoughts as the heavens are above the earth, and Romans 8:18 and 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 weigh present suffering against a glory…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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