Psalm 119:37

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Psalm 119:37

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

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General references

Proverbs 4:25

Proverbs 23:31

Bible References

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These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the Lord’s commands and obey them and not become unfaithful by following your own heart and your own eyes.

When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Babylon, 200 silver shekels, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, I coveted them and took them. You can see for yourself. They are concealed in the ground inside my tent, with the money under the cloak.”

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.

I have made a covenant with my eyes.
How then could I look at a young woman?

Let your eyes look forward;
fix your gaze straight ahead.

As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.

The one who lives righteously
and speaks rightly,
who refuses gain from extortion,
whose hand never takes a bribe,
who stops his ears from listening to murderous plots
and shuts his eyes to avoid endorsing evil

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But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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.

General references

Let your eyes look forward;
fix your gaze straight ahead.

Don’t gaze at wine because it is red,
when it gleams in the cup
and goes down smoothly.