Job 31:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what -- do I attend to a virgin?

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:28-29 : 28 but I -- I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her in his heart. 29 `But, if thy right eye doth cause thee to stumble, pluck it out and cast from thee, for it is good to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not thy whole body be cast to gehenna.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed, 15 afterward the desire having conceived, doth give birth to sin, and the sin having been perfected, doth bring forth death.
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 because all that `is' in the world -- the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,
  • Ps 119:37 : 37 Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
  • Prov 4:25 : 25 Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.
  • 2 Sam 11:2-4 : 2 and it cometh to pass, at evening-time, that David riseth from off his couch, and walketh up and down on the roof of the king's house, and seeth from the roof a woman bathing, and the woman `is' of very good appearance, 3 and David sendeth and inquireth about the woman, and saith, `Is not this Bath-Sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?' 4 And David sendeth messengers, and taketh her, and she cometh unto him, and he lieth with her -- and she is purifying herself from her uncleanness -- and she turneth back unto her house;
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 and sons of God see the daughters of men that they `are' fair, and they take to themselves women of all whom they have chosen.

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