Proverbs 6:25

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Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

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  • 2 Kgs 9:30 : 30 When Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard about it. She painted her eyes, arranged her hair, and looked out of a window.
  • Matt 5:28 : 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
  • Jas 1:14-15 : 14 But each person is tempted when they are drawn away and enticed by their own desire. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.
  • 2 Sam 11:2-5 : 2 One evening, David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful. 3 David sent someone to inquire about the woman, and it was reported to him, 'Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?' 4 So David sent messengers, took her, and she came to him. He slept with her while she was purifying herself from her uncleanness. Then she returned to her house. 5 The woman conceived and sent a message to David, saying, 'I am pregnant.'
  • Isa 3:16 : 16 The LORD says, 'Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, walking with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, taking short, mincing steps, and jingling ornaments on their feet,
  • Song 4:9 : 9 You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.

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  • Matt 5:27-28
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    27You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

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    6Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; love her, and she will protect you.

  • Prov 2:16
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