Matthew 5:28

English Standard Version 2016

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Cross References

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.

Proverbs 6:25

Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;

Exodus 20:17

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

2 Samuel 11:2

It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.

Job 31:1

“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?

Genesis 34:2

And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her.

2 Peter 2:14

They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!

Job 31:9

“If my heart has been enticed toward a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,

Romans 7:14

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin.

Psalm 119:96

I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your commandment is exceedingly broad.

Matthew 5:39

But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.

Leviticus 18:20

And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor’s wife and so make yourself unclean with her.

Deuteronomy 22:22

“If a man is found lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.

Ezekiel 23:16

When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.