Job 31:1
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
BSB
ASV
I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?
KJV
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
I made a covenant with mine eyes - The first virtue of his private life to which Job refers is chastity. Such was his sense of the importance of this, and of the danger to which man was exposed, that he had solemnly resolved not to think upon a young female. The phrase here, “I made a covenant with mine eyes,” is poetical, meaning that he solemnly resolved. A covenant is of a sacred and binding nature; and the strength of his resolution was as great as if he had made a solemn compact.
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1 John 2:16For 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.
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Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.
Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave…
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
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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.
Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—