Matthew 5:28

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

But I say to you that 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—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.

Proverbs 6:25

Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes,

Exodus 20:17

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

2 Samuel 11:2

It happened, late one afternoon when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful.

Job 31:1

“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how, then, could I look upon a virgin?

Genesis 34:2

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

2 Peter 2:14

They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!

Job 31:9

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

Romans 7:14

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold into slavery under sin.

Psalm 119:96

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

Matthew 5:39

But I say to you: Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also,

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment, and if you insult a brother or sister, you will be liable to the council, and if you say, ‘You fool,’ you will be liable to the hell of fire.

Leviticus 18:20

You shall not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

Deuteronomy 22:22

“If a man is discovered lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman as well as the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.

Ezekiel 23:16

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

Matthew 15:19

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