Bible Verse About Guarding Your Eyes And Ears

If you’re seeking guidance on the topic of guarding your eyes and ears, today’s content is tailor-made for you. Here, I share Bible verses that will provide you with a deeper understanding according to biblical teachings. These passages are meant to enlighten and direct you towards a path of mindfulness about what you see and hear.

Introductions

Dear friends, guarding our eyes and ears is so important if we want to live righteous lives before God. What we allow into our minds through what we see and hear can greatly impact our thoughts and behaviors.

The Bible warns us that the eyes are the lamp of the body. If we fill them with darkness, how great is that darkness within us! We must be careful about the shows and movies we watch, the books and magazines we read, even the pictures we look at. Is it leading us closer to God or further away?

In the same way, we must guard what we listen to. Our ears take in words all day long from conversations, music, or podcasts. Are these wholesome words that build us up or tear us down? The Bible tells us our speech should be filled with grace and wisdom to encourage others. What we hear shapes what comes out of our own mouths.

Some friends in the Bible like Job made a covenant with their eyes not to look lustfully on young women. Others like David fell into sin when he saw something he should not have seen. We too must make that commitment to bounce our eyes away from temptation and focus them on what is good.

The friends we surround ourselves with also impact what we see and hear. That’s why seeking out a godly Christian community is so important. They will help us to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus.

Let’s be careful then about what we allow into our minds through media, music, or even friendships. May God help us guard our eyes and ears so we can walk closely with Him each day.

Guarding Your Heart and Mind

Proverbs 4:23
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life”

Philippians 4:7
“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus”

Matthew 15:19
“For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies”

Proverbs 23:19
“Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way”

Luke 6:45
“A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh”

Psalm 119:37
“Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way”

The Power of Sight in Spiritual Life

Psalm 101:3
“I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me”

Matthew 6:22-23
“The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness”

Job 31:1
“I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?”

Psalm 119:18
“Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law”

1 John 2:16
“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world”

Proverbs 20:12
“The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them”

Listening for Godliness and Wisdom

James 1:19
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath”

Proverbs 19:20
“Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end”

Luke 8:18
“Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have”

Proverbs 18:15
“The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge”

Proverbs 15:31
“The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise”

Proverbs 2:2
“So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding”

Avoiding Sinful Influences

1 Corinthians 15:33
“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners”

Psalm 1:1-2
“Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord ; and in his law doth he meditate day and night”

Proverbs 4:14-15
“Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away”

2 Timothy 2:22
“Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart”

Romans 16:17
“Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them”

Ephesians 5:11
“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them”

Speaking Righteous Words

Ephesians 4:29
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers”

James 3:9-10
“Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be”

Proverbs 10:19
“In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise”

Psalm 141:3
“Set a watch, O Lord , before my mouth; keep the door of my lips”

Proverbs 21:23
“Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles”

Colossians 4:6
“Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man”

The Eyes as a Window to the Soul

Psalm 19:8
“The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes”

Proverbs 15:30
“The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat”

Matthew 5:28
“But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart”

Psalm 13:3
“Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death”

Proverbs 30:17
“The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it”

2 Peter 2:14
“Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children”

Purity in Actions and Thoughts

2 Timothy 2:22
“Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart”

1 Peter 1:22
“Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently”

Romans 13:14
“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof”

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God”

Galatians 5:24
“And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts”

Psalm 51:10
“Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me”