Matthew 5:28

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Cross References

Genesis 34:2

and when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humbled her.

2 Samuel 11:2

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

Job 31:1

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

Job 31:9

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

Psalm 119:96

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

Exodus 20:17

“You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.”

Proverbs 6:25

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

Ezekiel 23:16

When she saw them she doted upon them, and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.

Leviticus 18:20

And you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, fornication, theft, false witness, slander.

Matthew 5:22

But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother shall be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother shall be liable to the council, and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be liable to the hell of fire.

Matthew 5:39

But I say to you, Do not resist one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also;

Romans 7:14

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

Deuteronomy 22:22

“If a man is found lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman; so you shall purge the evil from Israel.

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!

1 John 2:16

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life, is not of the Father but is of the world.