Job 31:1

Job's Final Defense Continued

¹ “I have made a covenant (agreement) with my eyes;
How then could I gaze [lustfully] at a virgin?
²
“For what is the portion I would have from God above,
And what heritage from the Almighty on high?

Made A Covenant

Job

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world—the lust and sensual craving of the flesh and the lust and longing of the eyes and the boastful pride of life [pretentious confidence in one’s resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father, but are from the world.

2 Samuel 11:2-4

One evening David got up from his couch and was walking on the [flat] roof of the king’s palace, and from there he saw a woman bathing; and she was very beautiful in appearance.

Psalm 119:37

Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine],
And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.

Proverbs 4:25

Let your eyes look directly ahead [toward the path of moral courage]
And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you [toward the path of integrity].

Proverbs 6:25

Do not desire (lust after) her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her eyelashes.

Matthew 5:28-29

but I say to you that everyone who [so much as] looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

James 1:14-15

But each one is tempted when he is dragged away, enticed and baited [to commit sin] by his own [worldly] desire (lust, passion).

Genesis 6:2

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

Proverbs 23:31-33

Do not look at wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the glass,
When it goes down smoothly.