Matthew 5:28

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

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  • 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.
  • Job 31:1 : 1 I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a young woman?
  • 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 : 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.
  • 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.
  • Gen 34:2 : 2 And Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He seized her, lay with her, and violated her.
  • Gen 39:7-9 : 7 After some time, his master's wife looked at Joseph with desire and said, "Sleep with me." 8 But Joseph refused and said to his master's wife, "Look, my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; he has entrusted everything he owns to my care. 9 "No one in this house is greater than I am. He has not withheld anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?" 10 Though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to lie with her or even be with her. 11 One day, Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the household servants was inside. 12 She caught him by his garment and said, "Sleep with me!" But Joseph left his garment in her hand, ran away, and went outside. 13 When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and fled outside, 14 she called her household servants and said to them, "Look, this Hebrew man has been brought to us to mock us! He came to me to lie with me, but I screamed loudly. 15 When he heard me raise my voice and scream, he left his garment beside me and ran outside." 16 She kept his garment beside her until his master came home. 17 Then she told him this story: "That Hebrew servant you brought to us came to mock me. 18 But when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled outside." 19 When his master heard the story that his wife told him, saying, "This is how your servant treated me," his anger burned. 20 So Joseph's master took him and put him in the prison where the king's prisoners were held, and he remained there. 21 But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden. 22 The warden put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners, and he was responsible for whatever happened there. 23 The warden paid no attention to anything under Joseph's care, because the LORD was with him and gave him success in whatever he did.
  • Exod 20:17 : 17 You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
  • Job 31:9 : 9 If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door,
  • Ps 119:96 : 96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
  • Matt 5:22 : 22 But I say to you, everyone who is angry with their brother without cause will be subject to judgment. Whoever says to their brother, ‘Raka!’ will be answerable to the council, and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
  • Matt 5:39 : 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other also.
  • 2 Pet 2:14 : 14 They have eyes full of adultery, never ceasing from sin. They entice unstable souls and have hearts trained in greed. They are accursed children.
  • Rom 7:7-8 : 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'You shall not covet.' 8 But sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the commandment, produced in me every kind of coveting. For apart from the law, sin was dead.
  • Rom 7:14 : 14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
  • Matt 7:28-29 : 28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching, 29 because He taught them as one who had authority, and not like their scribes.

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  • Matt 5:27
    89%

    27You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

  • Prov 6:25-26
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    78%

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

    26For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life.

  • Matt 5:29-33
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    77%

    29If 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.

    30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

    31It has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

    32But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

    33Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'Do not break your oaths, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.'

  • Deut 5:18
    76%

    18You shall not commit adultery.

  • Prov 6:32
    75%

    32But a man who commits adultery has no sense; he destroys himself.

  • Exod 20:14
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    14You shall not commit adultery.

  • Jas 2:10-11
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    10For whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking it all.

    11For He who said, 'You shall not commit adultery,' also said, 'You shall not murder.' Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

  • Mark 10:11-12
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    11He told them, 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.'

    12And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.

  • Prov 6:29
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    29So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

  • Matt 19:9
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    9I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.

  • Luke 16:18
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    18Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

  • Matt 5:21
    71%

    21You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and whoever murders will be subject to judgment.

  • Mark 7:21-22
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    21For from within, out of the human heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immoralities, thefts, murders,

    22adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness.

  • Rom 2:22
    71%

    22You who say that people should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

  • Matt 15:19
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    19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immoralities, thefts, false testimonies, and slanders.

  • Num 5:12-13
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    12Speak to the Israelites: If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him,

    13and another man has sexual relations with her secretly, and it is hidden from her husband, and she is not caught but has become defiled, even though there is no witness against her,

  • Num 5:29
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    29This is the law regarding jealousy when a woman goes astray and defiles herself while under her husband's authority.

  • Job 31:1
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    1I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a young woman?

  • Matt 18:9
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    9And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

  • Prov 23:33
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    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things.

  • John 8:4
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    4They said to him, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery.

  • Num 5:20
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    20But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and defiled yourself, and if a man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you—

  • Mark 9:47
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    47If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

  • Ezek 18:15
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    15He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift his eyes to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.

  • Lev 20:10
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    10If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

  • Matt 5:38
    70%

    38You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

  • Ezek 16:32
    69%

    32You adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Matt 19:18
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    18The man asked, "Which ones?" Jesus answered, "Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,

  • Prov 4:25
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    25Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.

  • Matt 6:21-23
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    21For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

    22The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.

    23But if your eye is unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

  • Gal 5:19
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    19Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,

  • Jer 3:2
    69%

    2Lift 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.

  • Eph 5:28
    69%

    28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

  • Deut 5:21
    69%

    21You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

  • Lev 18:20
    69%

    20Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

  • Jas 1:15
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    15Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.

  • Mark 5:32
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    32But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it.

  • Luke 11:34
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    34Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light. But when it is unhealthy, your body is full of darkness.

  • 1 Cor 6:18
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    18Flee from sexual immorality. Every sin a person commits is outside the body, but the one who sins sexually sins against their own body.