Psalm 101:3
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3 I will refuse to look at
anything vile and vulgar.
I hate all who deal crookedly;
I will have nothing to do with them.
Psalm 119:37
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37 Turn my eyes from worthless things,
and give me life through your word.[a]
Footnotes
- 119:37 Some manuscripts read in your ways.
Job 31:1
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Job’s Final Protest of Innocence
31 “I made a covenant with my eyes
not to look with lust at a young woman.
2 Samuel 11:2-3
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2 Late one afternoon, after his midday rest, David got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the palace. As he looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty taking a bath. 3 He sent someone to find out who she was, and he was told, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
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Matthew 5:28
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28 But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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Proverbs 6:25
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25 Don’t lust for her beauty.
Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.
James 1:13-15
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13 And remember, when you are being tempted, do not say, “God is tempting me.” God is never tempted to do wrong,[a] and he never tempts anyone else. 14 Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. 15 These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.
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- 1:13 Or God should not be put to a test by evil people.
Psalm 40:4
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4 Oh, the joys of those who trust the Lord,
who have no confidence in the proud
or in those who worship idols.
Exodus 20:17
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17 “You must not covet your neighbor’s house. You must not covet your neighbor’s wife, male or female servant, ox or donkey, or anything else that belongs to your neighbor.”
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1 Samuel 12:20-21
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20 “Don’t be afraid,” Samuel reassured them. “You have certainly done wrong, but make sure now that you worship the Lord with all your heart, and don’t turn your back on him. 21 Don’t go back to worshiping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you—they are totally useless!
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Deuteronomy 15:9
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9 Do not be mean-spirited and refuse someone a loan because the year for canceling debts is close at hand. If you refuse to make the loan and the needy person cries out to the Lord, you will be considered guilty of sin.
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2 Peter 2:21
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21 It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life.
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Galatians 4:9
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9 So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you), why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the weak and useless spiritual principles of this world?
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Romans 12:9
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9 Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.
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Jeremiah 22:17
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17 “But you! You have eyes only for greed and dishonesty!
You murder the innocent,
oppress the poor, and reign ruthlessly.”
Ecclesiastes 6:9
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9 Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don’t have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
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Joshua 23:6
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6 “So be very careful to follow everything Moses wrote in the Book of Instruction. Do not deviate from it, turning either to the right or to the left.
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Hebrews 10:39
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39 But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved.
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Psalm 119:113
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Psalm 78:41
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41 Again and again they tested God’s patience
and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Psalm 14:3
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3 But no, all have turned away;
all have become corrupt.[a]
No one does good,
not a single one!
Exodus 32:8
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8 How quickly they have turned away from the way I commanded them to live! They have melted down gold and made a calf, and they have bowed down and sacrificed to it. They are saying, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”
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Micah 2:2
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2 When you want a piece of land,
you find a way to seize it.
When you want someone’s house,
you take it by fraud and violence.
You cheat a man of his property,
stealing his family’s inheritance.
Isaiah 33:15
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15 Those who are honest and fair,
who refuse to profit by fraud,
who stay far away from bribes,
who refuse to listen to those who plot murder,
who shut their eyes to all enticement to do wrong—
Isaiah 30:11
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11 Forget all this gloom.
Get off your narrow path.
Stop telling us about your
‘Holy One of Israel.’”
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