Matthew 5:28

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Genesis 34:2

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, and sexually assaulted her.

2 Samuel 11:2

One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive.

Job 31:1

“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?

Job 31:9

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

Psalm 119:96

I realize that everything has its limits, but your commands are beyond full comprehension. מ (Mem)

Exodus 20:17

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Proverbs 6:25

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

Ezekiel 23:16

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

Leviticus 18:20

You must not have sexual intercourse with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.

Matthew 15:19

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

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says ‘Fool’ will be sent to fiery hell.

Matthew 5:39

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

Romans 7:14

For we know that the law is spiritual – but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin.

Deuteronomy 22:22

If a man is caught having sexual relations with a married woman both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.

2 Peter 2:14

Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children!

1 John 2:16

because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.