Job 31:1
“I vowed to myself never to look with desire at young women.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
In Context
2What should people expect to receive from God? What reward should the Almighty on high give them?
Cross References
Genesis 6:2and the sons of God saw that these women were beautiful, and they took whichever ones they wanted.
Psalms 119:37Don't let me focus on things that are worthless. Help me live in your ways.
Proverbs 6:25Don't let your mind lust after her beauty, or let her hypnotize you with her fluttering eyelashes.
Matthew 5:28But I tell you that everyone who looks lustfully at a woman has already committed adultery with her in his mind.
1 John 2:16For all the things of this world—our sinful desires, wanting everything we see, boasting about what we've accomplished in life— these things don't come from the Father but from 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 →