Job 31:1

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Job 31:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

2 For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?

3 Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

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Genesis 6:2

the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

2 Samuel 11:3

So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”

2 Samuel 11:4

Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.

Psalms 119:37

Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

Proverbs 4:25

Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

Proverbs 23:31

Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.

Proverbs 23:32

In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.

Proverbs 23:33

Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.

Matthew 5:28

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

Matthew 5:29

If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge 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.

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

Proverbs 6:25

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

James 1:14

But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

James 1:15

Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.