Job 31:1
I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then could I gaze upon a maid?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 119:37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy law!
Proverbs 6:25Desire not her beauty in thy heart, Nor let her catch thee with her eyelids;
Matthew 5:28But I say to you, that whoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
1 John 2:16because all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is 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 →