But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; {and} quicken thou me in thy way. {Turn...: Heb. Make to pass}

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

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.

On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

Therefore let us not sleep, as {do} others; but let us watch and be sober.

And when the woman saw that the tree {was} good for food, and that it {was} pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make {one} wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. {pleasant: Heb. a desire}

Favour {is} deceitful, and beauty {is} vain: {but} a woman {that} feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they {were} fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed {is} willing, but the flesh {is} weak.

For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.

And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. {defiled...: Heb. humbled her}

What I tell you in darkness, {that} speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, {that} preach ye upon the housetops.

{Yet} a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, {Samuel} communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was {a} goodly {person}, and well favoured.

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; {it} shall not cleave to me. {wicked...: Heb. thing of Belial}

And when the woman saw that the tree {was} good for food, and that it {was} pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make {one} wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. {pleasant: Heb. a desire}

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; {and} quicken thou me in thy way. {Turn...: Heb. Make to pass}

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. {if: or, although}

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they {were} fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: {adultery: Gr. an adulteress}

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.

Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines {were} there; and {there were} upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name {was} Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they {are} hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. {wedge: Heb. tongue}

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, {when} it moveth itself aright.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these {things} God will bring thee into judgment.

They were {as} fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.

But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.

When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence.

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, {Samuel} communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

What shall we say then? {Is} the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. {lust: or, concupiscence}

And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou {art} a fair woman to look upon:

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that {is} thy neighbour's.

And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. {as soon...: Heb. at the sight of her eyes}

Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.

And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

So the people went forth, and brought {them}, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.

{Yet} his meat in his bowels is turned, {it is} the gall of asps within him.

And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name {was} Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.

And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. {defiled...: Heb. humbled her}

Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted {with} all my ways. {compassest: or, winnowest}

And when they could not find by what {way} they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with {his} couch into the midst before Jesus.