Job 31:1
I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
In Context
2For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?
Cross References
Genesis 6:2The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair; and they took wives for themselves from those who were pleasing to them.
Psalms 119:37Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.
Proverbs 6:25Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.
Matthew 5:28But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.
1 John 2:16Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.
Matthew Henry on Job 31:1
Job had often protested his integrity in general; here he does it in particular instances, not in a way of commendation (for he does not here proclaim his good deeds), but in his own just and necessary vindication, to clear himself from those crimes with which his friends had falsely charged him, which is a debt every man owes to his own reputation. Job's friends had been particular in their articles of impeachment against him, and therefore he is so in his protestation, which seems to refer especially to what… Read the whole commentary →