Verse 1

I made a couenaunt with myne eyes: why then should I loke vpon a mayden?

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:28-29 : 28 But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer loketh on a woman, to luste after her, hath committed adultry with her alredy, in his heart. 29 If thy ryght eye offende thee, plucke it out, and cast it from thee. For better it is vnto thee, that one of thy members perishe, the that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
• Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But euery man is tempted, when he is drawen away, & entised of his owne concupiscence. 15 Then, when lust hath conceaued, it bryngeth foorth sinne: and sinne when it is finished, bryngeth foorth death.
• 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the worlde, as the lust of the fleshe, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father, but of the worlde.
• Ps 119:37 : 37 Turne away myne eyes, lest they beholde vanitie: cause me to lyue in thy way.
• Prov 4:25 : 25 Let thyne eyes beholde that thyng that is right, and let thyne eye liddes loke straight before thee.
• Prov 6:25 : 25 Lust not after her beautie in thyne heart, lest thou be taken with her fayre lokes.
• 2 Sam 11:2-4 : 2 And in an euening tyde, Dauid arose out of his bed, and walked vpon the roofe of the kinges palace, and from the roofe he sawe a woman washing her selfe, and the woman was very beautifull to loke vpon. 3 And Dauid sent to enquire what woman it should be: And one saide, Is not this Bethsabe the daughter of Eliam, and wyfe to Urias the Hethite? 4 And Dauid sent messengers, and toke her away: And she came in vnto him, and he lay with her (and she was purified from her vnclennesse) and returned vnto her house.
• Gen 6:2 : 2 And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre, & they toke them wyues, such as theyliked, from among them all.