Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
The roof of
Very beautiful
General references
Bible References
Arose from
2 Samuel 4:5
The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, as he took his rest at noon.
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 24:33
a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;
Matthew 26:40
He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?
1 Thessalonians 5:6
so then let's not sleep, as the rest do, but let's watch and be sober.
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.
The roof of
Deuteronomy 22:8
When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for your roof, that you don't bring blood on your house, if any man fall from there.
Jeremiah 19:13
and the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be as the place of Topheth, even all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the army of the sky, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods.
Matthew 10:27
What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
Acts 10:9
Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.
He saw
Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 6:2
that God's sons saw that men's daughters were beautiful, and they took for themselves wives of all that they chose.
Genesis 34:2
Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her. He took her, lay with her, and humbled her.
Job 31:1
"I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
Psalm 119:37
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
Matthew 5:28
but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.
Very beautiful
Genesis 39:6
He left all that he had in Joseph's hand. He didn't concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome.
Proverbs 6:25
Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.
General references
Proverbs 7:8
passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
Proverbs 23:31
Don't look at the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.