Matthew 5:28

Modern English Version

But I say to you that whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Cross References

Genesis 34:2

When Shechem, the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her and defiled her.

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening when David arose from his bed and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.

Job 31:1

“I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I look upon a young woman?

Job 31:9

“If my heart has been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,

Psalm 119:96

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

Exodus 20:17

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.

Proverbs 6:25

Do not desire her beauty in your heart or let her take you with her eyes;

Ezekiel 23:16

And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.

Leviticus 18:20

Moreover, you shall not have relations with your neighbor’s wife to defile yourself with her.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual immorality, thefts, false witness, and blasphemies.

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ shall be in danger of the Sanhedrin. But whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be in danger of the hell of fire.

Matthew 5:39

But I say to you, do not resist an evil person. But whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other as well.

Romans 7:14

We know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin.

Deuteronomy 22:22

If a man is discovered lying with a married woman, then both of them must die, both the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. In this way you may purge the evil from Israel.

2 Peter 2:14

They have eyes full of adultery that cannot cease from sin. They entice unstable souls. Their hearts are trained in greed. They are cursed children!

1 John 2:16

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