Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

Bible References

General references

Proverbs 6:25

Do not desire (lust after) her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her eyelashes.
2 Samuel 11:2
One evening David got up from his couch and was walking on the [flat] roof of the king’s palace, and from there he saw a woman bathing; and she was very beautiful in appearance.
Job 33:1
“However, Job, please listen to my words,
And pay attention to everything I say.
Psalm 119:37

Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine],
And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.
Matthew 5:28
but I say to you that everyone who [so much as] looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Mark 9:47
If your eye causes you to stumble and sin, throw it out [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]! It would be better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world—the lust and sensual craving of the flesh and the lust and longing of the eyes and the boastful pride of life [pretentious confidence in one’s resources or in the stability of earthly things]—these do not come from the Father, but are from the world.