Matthew 5:28

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Genesis 34:2

And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and lay with her, and violated her.

2 Samuel 11:2

Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold.

Job 31:1

“I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon 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

I have seen the consummation of 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, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

Proverbs 6:25

Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.

Ezekiel 23:16

As soon as her eyes saw them, She lusted for them And sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

Leviticus 18:20

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

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, 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 council. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of hell fire.

Matthew 5:39

But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

Romans 7:14

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

Deuteronomy 22:22

“If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them shall die—the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; so you shall put away the evil from Israel.

2 Peter 2:14

having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed 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.