Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Bible References

That

Genesis 34:2
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, a prince of the region, saw her, he took her and raped her.
Genesis 39:7
After some time his master’s wife looked longingly at Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
Exodus 20:17
Do not covet your neighbor’s house. Do not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
2 Samuel 11:2
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
Job 31:1
I have made a covenant with my eyes.
How then could I look at a young woman?
Proverbs 6:25
Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.
James 1:14
But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desires.
2 Peter 2:14
They have eyes full of adultery and are always looking for sin. They seduce unstable people and have hearts trained in greed. Children under a curse!
1 John 2:16
For everything that belongs to the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s lifestyle—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

Hath

Psalm 119:96
I have seen a limit to all perfection,
but Your command is without limit.
Romans 7:7
What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.

General references

Exodus 20:14
Do not commit adultery.
Leviticus 18:20
You are not to have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, defiling yourself with her.
Deuteronomy 5:18
Do not commit adultery.
Proverbs 23:31
Don’t gaze at wine because it is red,
when it gleams in the cup
and goes down smoothly.

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