Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.

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

So he left everything he owned in Joseph’s charge; and with him there he did not concern himself with anything except the food which he ate.Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

Do not desire her beauty in your heart,

Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.

Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who

fears the Lord, she shall be praised.

Tamar

To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar; she was a woman of beautiful appearance.

All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.

Loved her

Then Amnon hated her with a very great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, “Get up, go away!”

Now Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”

He was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her.

Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,

General references

‘Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’