Verse 1

I made a couenant with mine eyes: why then should I thinke on a mayde?

Referenced Verses

• Matt 5:28-29 : 28 But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adulterie with her already in his heart. 29 Wherefore if thy right eye cause thee to offend, plucke it out, & cast it from thee: for better it is for thee, that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
• Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But euery man is tempted, when hee is drawen away by his owne concupiscence, and is entised. 15 Then when lust hath conceiued, it bringeth foorth sinne, and sinne when it is finished, bringeth foorth death.
• 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in this world (as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life) is not of the Father, but is of this world.
• Ps 119:37 : 37 Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
• Prov 4:25 : 25 Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyeliddes direct thy way before thee.
• Prov 6:25 : 25 Desire not her beautie in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye lids.
• 2 Sam 11:2-4 : 2 And when it was euening tide, Dauid arose out of his bed, and walked vpon the roofe of the Kings palace: and from the roofe he sawe a woman washing her selfe: and the woman was very beautifull to looke vpon. 3 And Dauid sent and inquired what woman it was: and one sayde, Is not this Bath-sheba the daughter of Eliam, wife to Vriah the Hittite? 4 Then Dauid sent messengers, & tooke her away: and she came vnto him & he lay with her: (now she was purified from her vncleannes) & she returned vnto her house.
• Gen 6:2 : 2 Then the sonnes of God sawe the daughters of men that they were faire, & they tooke them wiues of all that they liked.