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.

Isaiah 33:15


He who walks righteously and speaks with integrity,
Who rejects gain from fraud and from oppression,
Who shakes his hand free from the taking of bribes,
Who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And shuts his eyes to avoid looking upon evil;

Psalm 119:25

Daleth.
My earthly life clings to the dust;
Revive and refresh me according to Your word.

Proverbs 23:5


When you set your eyes on wealth, it is [suddenly] gone.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies to the heavens.

Numbers 15:39

It shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, so that you do not follow after [the desires of] your own heart and eyes, [desires] after which you used to follow and play the prostitute,

Joshua 7:21

when I saw among the spoils [in Jericho] a beautiful robe from Shinar (southern Babylon) and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I wanted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

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 31:1

“I have made a covenant (agreement) with my eyes;
How then could I gaze [lustfully] at a virgin?

Psalm 71:20


You who have shown me many troubles and distresses
Will revive and renew me again,
And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

Psalm 119:40


I long for Your precepts;
Renew me through Your righteousness.

Proverbs 4:25


Let your eyes look directly ahead [toward the path of moral courage]
And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you [toward the path of integrity].

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.

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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

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Numbers 15:39
It shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, so that you do not follow after [the desires of] your own heart and eyes, [desires] after which you used to follow and play the prostitute,
Joshua 7:21
when I saw among the spoils [in Jericho] a beautiful robe from Shinar (southern Babylon) and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I wanted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
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 31:1
“I have made a covenant (agreement) with my eyes;
How then could I gaze [lustfully] at a virgin?
Proverbs 4:25

Let your eyes look directly ahead [toward the path of moral courage]
And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you [toward the path of integrity].
Proverbs 23:5

When you set your eyes on wealth, it is [suddenly] gone.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle that flies to the heavens.
Isaiah 33:15

He who walks righteously and speaks with integrity,
Who rejects gain from fraud and from oppression,
Who shakes his hand free from the taking of bribes,
Who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And shuts his eyes to avoid looking upon evil;
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.
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.

General references

Proverbs 4:25

Let your eyes look directly ahead [toward the path of moral courage]
And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you [toward the path of integrity].
Proverbs 23:31

Do not look at wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the glass,
When it goes down smoothly.