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Job 31:1 KJV
Job · chapter 31 · verse 1
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?Job 31:1 · King James Version
Job 31:1 in context
1I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
2For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
3Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
Commentary
Cross references
- James 1:14-15
- Matthew 5:28-29
- 1 John 2:16
- Psalms 119:37
- Proverbs 6:25
- 2 Samuel 11:2-4
- Proverbs 4:25
- Genesis 6:2
Key words (Strong's)
- covenantbᵉrîytha compactH1285 →
- thinkbîynto separate mentallyH995 →
- madekârathto cutH3772 →
- eyesʻayinan eyeH5869 →
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The lusts of the flesh, and the love of the world, are the two fatal rocks on which multitudes split; against these Job protests he was always careful to stand upon his guard. I. Against the lusts of the flesh.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8