Matthew 5:28

New International Version

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Cross References

Genesis 34:2

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped her.

2 Samuel 11:2

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

Job 31:1

“I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.

Job 31:9

“If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,

Psalm 119:96

To all perfection I see a limit, but your commands are boundless.

Exodus 20:17

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

Proverbs 6:25

Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

Ezekiel 23:16

As soon as she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

Leviticus 18:20

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

Matthew 15:19

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

Matthew 5:22

But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.

Matthew 5:39

But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.

Romans 7:14

We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.

Deuteronomy 22:22

If a man is found sleeping with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

2 Peter 2:14

With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed—an accursed brood!

1 John 2:16

For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.