Job 31:1
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
Majority Standard Bible
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 the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Cross References
Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
Matthew 5:28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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.
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 →