Job 31:1

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I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a young woman?

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  • Matt 5:28-29 : 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But each person is tempted when they are drawn away and enticed by their own desire. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.
  • Ps 119:37 : 37 Turn my eyes from worthless things; give me life according to Your way.
  • Prov 4:25 : 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.
  • 2 Sam 11:2-4 : 2 One evening, David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful. 3 David sent someone to inquire about the woman, and it was reported to him, 'Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?' 4 So David sent messengers, took her, and she came to him. He slept with her while she was purifying herself from her uncleanness. Then she returned to her house.
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of humanity were beautiful, and they took wives for themselves from whomever they chose.

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  • 2 For what is the portion from God above, or the inheritance from the Almighty on high?

  • 7 If my steps have turned from the way, or if my heart has followed my eyes, or if any stain has clung to my hands,

  • 25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

  • 3 I will not set any worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the actions of those who turn aside; it will not cling to me.

  • 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.

  • 37 Turn my eyes from worthless things; give me life according to Your way.

  • Prov 7:6-7
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    6 For at the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked out.

    7 And I saw among the naive ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man lacking understanding.

  • Job 31:26-27
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    26 if I have looked at the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,

    27 and my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand offered them a kiss in worship,

  • 51 My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

  • Job 31:9-10
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    9 If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door,

    10 then may my wife grind grain for another, and may others kneel over her.

  • 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

  • Job 34:31-32
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    31 Suppose someone says to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend anymore.'

    32 'Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.'

  • 12 Why does your heart carry you away, and why do your eyes flash?

  • Ps 132:3-4
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    3 'I will not enter my house, nor will I go up to my bed;

    4 I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,

  • 1 For the director of music, for Jeduthun, a psalm of David.

  • 16 If I have withheld the desires of the poor or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

  • 3 And I said to her, "You must stay with me for many days. You shall not engage in prostitution or belong to another man, and I will also remain loyal to you."

  • 24 I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from iniquity.

  • 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!

  • 9 How can a young person keep their way pure? By living according to Your word.

  • 2 Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Where have you not been violated? By the roads you sat waiting for lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.

  • Num 30:2-3
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    2 Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of Israel, saying, 'This is what the LORD has commanded:'

    3 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to bind himself by a promise, he must not break his word; he must do everything he said.

  • 23 All His judgments are before me, and I have not turned away from His statutes.

  • 148 My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I may meditate on Your word.

  • 30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against their life—

  • 33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things.

  • 4 For you say, 'My teaching is pure, and I have been clean in your eyes.'

  • 9 Rejoice, young man, in your youth, and let your heart be glad in the days of your prime. Follow the ways of your heart and the sights of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

  • 1 A song of ascents. LORD, my heart is not proud, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with matters too great or too wonderful for me.

  • 37 My master made me swear an oath, saying, 'You must not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I live.

  • 13 If I have denied justice to my male or female servants when they had a grievance against me,

  • 32 I observed and took it to heart; I saw it and received instruction.

  • 1 Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

  • 15 He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift his eyes to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.

  • 19 The way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.

  • 5 My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.

  • 11 I have hidden Your word in my heart so that I might not sin against You.

  • Prov 5:20-21
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    20 Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

    21 For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and He examines all his paths.

  • 10 Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger may turn away from us.

  • 2 What, my son? What, son of my womb? What, son of my vows?

  • 13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the treacherous? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

  • 1 A song of ascents: To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens.

  • 15 If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed Your children.