Bible verse
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
Job 31:1 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 31.
1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
2 For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
3 Does not disaster come to the unjust and calamity to the workers of iniquity?
4 Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
5 If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,
KJV
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
ASV
I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?
ERV
I MADE a covenant with mine eyes; how then should I look upon a maid?
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