Matthew 5:28

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world, sensual lust, enticement for the eyes, and a pretentious life, is not from the Father but is from the world.

Proverbs 6:25

Do not lust in your heart after her beauty, do not let her captivate you with her glance!

Exodus 20:17

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, his male or female slave, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. Moses Accepted as Mediator.

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening David rose from his bed and strolled about on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof he saw a woman bathing; she was very beautiful.

Job 31:1

I made a covenant with my eyes not to gaze upon a virgin.

Genesis 34:2

When Shechem, son of Hamor the Hivite, the leader of the region, saw her, he seized her and lay with her by force.

2 Peter 2:14

Their eyes are full of adultery and insatiable for sin. They seduce unstable people, and their hearts are 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

We know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold into slavery to sin.

Psalm 119:96

I have seen the limits of all perfection, but your commandment is without bounds.

Matthew 5:39

But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on [your] right cheek, turn the other one to him as well.

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raqa,’ will be answerable to the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ will be liable to fiery Gehenna.

Leviticus 18:20

You shall not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife, defiling yourself with her.

Deuteronomy 22:22

If a man is discovered lying with a woman who is married to another, they both shall die, the man who was lying with the woman as well as the woman. Thus shall you purge the evil from Israel.

Ezekiel 23:16

As soon as she set eyes on them she lusted for them, and she sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

Matthew 15:19

For from the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, unchastity, theft, false witness, blasphemy.