Job 31:1
¶ I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
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- Matt 5:28-29 : 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.› 29 ‹And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast› [it] ‹from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not› [that] ‹thy whole body should be cast into hell.›
- Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
- 1 John 2:16 : 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.
- Ps 119:37 : 37 ¶ Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.
- Prov 4:25 : 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
- Prov 6:25 : 25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
- 2 Sam 11:2-4 : 2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon. 3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And [one] said, [Is] not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? 4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
- Gen 6:2 : 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
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