Job 31:1
I Made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Webster 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 portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Cross References
Genesis 6:2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all whom they chose.
Psalms 119:37Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and revive thou me in thy way.
Proverbs 6:25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her take 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 2:16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not from the Father, but is 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 →