Matthew 5:28

Bible in Basic English 1965

But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.

Cross References

Genesis 34:2

And when Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite who was the chief of that land, saw her, he took her by force and had connection with her.

2 Samuel 11:2

Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.

Job 31:1

I made an agreement with my eyes; how then might my eyes be looking on a virgin?

Job 31:9

If my heart went after another man's wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour's door;

Psalm 119:96

I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide.

Exodus 20:17

Let not your desire be turned to your neighbour's house, or his wife or his man-servant or his woman-servant or his ox or his ass or anything which is his.

Proverbs 6:25

Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

Ezekiel 23:16

And when she saw them she was full of desire for them, and sent servants to them in Chaldaea.

Leviticus 18:20

And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

Matthew 5:39

But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.

Romans 7:14

For we are conscious that the law is of the spirit; but I am of the flesh, given into the power of sin.

Deuteronomy 22:22

If a man is taken in the act of going in to a married woman, the two of them, the man as well as the woman, are to be put to death: so you are to put away the evil from Israel.

2 Peter 2:14

Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;

1 John 2:16

Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.