But Judah said to him, “The man warned us solemnly, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’

• Genesis 43:3

Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the Lord has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,

• Exodus 35:30

“See!” he said to all the people. “This stone will be a witness against us. It has heard all the words the Lord has said to us. It will be a witness against you if you are untrue to your God.”

• Joshua 24:27

Also our enemies said, “Before they know it or see us, we will be right there among them and will kill them and put an end to the work.”

• Nehemiah 4:11

But all this gives me no satisfaction as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the king’s gate.”

• Esther 5:13

As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”

• Matthew 17:9

Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do.

• John 7:3

I went to the eye doctor the other day.  He was not alarmed, but I have dry eye again.  A year ago, he did not mention the condition, so I am probably on the edge of having/not having issues.  Over the counter medicines, basically eye drops, and the warm compresses are working.  I’ll just have to keep doing it the rest of my life.

But that got me to thinking.  How often is the word “see” used in the Bible?  There is over a thousand verses with some form of “see” (see, sees, seen).  Most uses of “saw” (600) would be the past tense, maybe a rare wood cutting tool in there.  So, 1500+ references to the sense of sight, easily.

All these verses are verses containing the word “see, sees, or seen.”

The questions are in biblical order, with the last two from the New Testament.

The Questions:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	God brought the wild animals to Adam to see what?
2	Who gave God the name meaning “The God who sees me.”
3	Who gave birth to a son, giving him the name meaning “behold a son,” because surely the Lord had seen her misery?  And a bonus in naming the son.
4	After what plague of Egypt did Pharaoh say that if Moses ever saw his face again, Moses would die?
5	When the Israelites whined that they had seen nothing but manna, what did the Lord send them?
6	When the Israelites saw the priests walk into the Jordan River at flood stage, what would happen next?
7	The angel of the Lord appeared to Manoah’s wife, using “see” to be “ensure”, he said see that you do not drink wine or anything unclean because you will bear a son, and he will be a Nazirite.  Who was this son of a former barren woman?
8	When Isaiah cried out “Woe to me!  I am ruined!”, what had he seen?  Why did he think he was ruined?  And how did God fix it?
9	When they saw the man who was healed standing among them, they could not say anything against Peter and John.  Who were they?
10	The Apostle John saw a wonderous sight that the angel showed him.  When John saw all of it what did he do?

There is an old proverb, not a biblical proverb, that seeing is believing, but Hebrews 11 states that faith is the belief in what is not seen.

Second Corinthian 5:7 says that we live by faith, not sight.

Jesus told Thomas that he was blessed because he saw, but blessed are those that did not see and yet believe.

And in John 11, Jesus reminded Martha that because she believed, she was going to see the mighty power of God.  Then, Jesus turned to the tomb of Lazarus and raised him from the dead.

If you look for “Seeing is Believing” in a AI assisted search, you will probably get what I got.  Those words are in the Bible, but you have them backwards.

Seeing is not believing.  But believing is seeing.

I have marveled that I can see a particular situation and see God at work, while those who do not believe, see the evidence and find any excuse in the book, or beyond credulity, to excuse God’s handiwork as being an unexplained phenomenon.

Bible References:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	God brought the wild animals to Adam to see what?	Genesis 2:19
2	Who gave God the name meaning “The God who sees me.”	Genesis 16:13
3	Who gave birth to a son, giving him the name meaning “behold a son,” because surely the Lord had seen her misery?  And a bonus in naming the son.	Genesis 29:32
4	After what plague of Egypt did Pharaoh say that if Moses ever saw his face again, Moses would die?	Exodus 10:28
5	When the Israelites whined that they had seen nothing but manna, what did the Lord send them?	Numbers 11:6
6	When the Israelites saw the priests walk into the Jordan River at flood stage, what would happen next?	Joshua 3:11
7	The angel of the Lord appeared to Manoah’s wife, using “see” to be “ensure”, he said see that you do not drink wine or anything unclean because you will bear a son, and he will be a Nazirite.  Who was this son of a former barren woman?	Judges 13:4
8	When Isaiah cried out “Woe to me!  I am ruined!”, what had he seen?  Why did he think he was ruined?  And how did God fix it?	Isaiah 6:5
9	When they saw the man who was healed standing among them, they could not say anything against Peter and John.  Who were they?	Acts 4:14
10	The Apostle John saw a wonderous sight that the angel showed him.  When John saw all of it what did he do?	Revelation 22:8

I have a friend who posts biblical, conservative views on his social media page.

Each time that he posts something even remotely political, one of the people who reads it always adds a comment.  “This is not true.”  “This is a lie.”  “Untrue, get your facts straight.”

Notice, he never gives any evidence to refute what is said.  I believe that it is not being rude to ask a rude person to produce their proof that what was said is untrue.

There are untruths on the internet that are far left and far right.  Where do you get your information colors your opinion.  It even colors what you believe to be true or false.

But finally, the man said, “You need to read your Bible.”

I have heard this one too, sometimes by atheists or people of other faiths.  But have they read the Bible?  Do they have the guidance of the Holy Spirit to discern (or in other words “see”) what the context was when certain statements were made?

No, for the most part, they have no answer, they just yell louder.

Sometimes in those situations, with them ranting, losing control of their emotions, the best thing to do is to walk away.  We have made our point.  They have no answer to the question that, most of the time, they posed to us in the first place.

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The Answers:

	Question	Bible References	Answers
1	God brought the wild animals to Adam to see what?	Genesis 2:19	To see what he would name them.
2	Who gave God the name meaning “The God who sees me.”	Genesis 16:13	Hagar
3	Who gave birth to a son, giving him the name meaning “behold a son,” because surely the Lord had seen her misery?  And a bonus in naming the son.	Genesis 29:32	Leah gave birth to Reuben
4	After what plague of Egypt did Pharaoh say that if Moses ever saw his face again, Moses would die?	Exodus 10:28	The plague of darkness.  The next plague was the last, the death of the firstborn.
5	When the Israelites whined that they had seen nothing but manna, what did the Lord send them?	Numbers 11:6	The Lord sent quail, and as the people gorged on the quail, God’s anger boiled and he sent a plague amongst those who complained.
6	When the Israelites saw the priests walk into the Jordan River at flood stage, what would happen next?	Joshua 3:11	The waters of the Jordan piled up in a heap, and they walked across the riverbed on dry ground.
7	The angel of the Lord appeared to Manoah’s wife, using “see” to be “ensure”, he said see that you do not drink wine or anything unclean because you will bear a son, and he will be a Nazirite.  Who was this son of a former barren woman?	Judges 13:4	Samson
8	When Isaiah cried out “Woe to me!  I am ruined!”, what had he seen?  Why did he think he was ruined?  And how did God fix it?	Isaiah 6:5	He, a man of unclean lips, had seen the Lord.  But an angel was instructed to take a hot coal and touch it to Isaiah’s lips to cleanse them, for Isaiah was being called as God’s prophet.
9	When they saw the man who was healed standing among them, they could not say anything against Peter and John.  Who were they?	Acts 4:14	The Sanhedrin, but they conferred and decided to tell Peter and John not to preach in the name of Jesus anymore – so, Peter and John left, preaching in the name of Jesus.  It was the next trip to the Sanhedrin when Peter said that they were answerable to God, not man in that regard.
10	The Apostle John saw a wonderous sight that the angel showed him.  When John saw all of it what did he do?	Revelation 22:8	John fell at the angel’s feet and worshipped Him, but the angel told John to not do that, for the angel was a fellow servant, not God.

Whether you did well on this quiz or, ummm, not so well, for the first video, here is I See Grace sung by Micah Tyler.

Here is Sovereign Grace Music, with Lacy Condy singing Help Us See Christ.

Here is Chris Tomlin and Brandon Lake, singing I See You.

I See You, Jesus, in every moment of my life.  I will worship You.

If you like these Saturday morning Bible quizzes, but you think you missed a few, you can use this LINK. I have set up a page off the home page for links to these Saturday morning posts. I will continue to modify the page as I add more.

Soli Deo Gloria.  Only to God be the Glory.