25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. …
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. …
Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-35)Here is, I. A general exhortation faithfully to adhere to the word of God and to take it for our guide in all our actions. 1. We must look upon the word of God both as a light (Pr. 6:23) and as a law, Pr. 6:20 , 23 . (1.) By its arguments it is a light, which our understandings must subscribe to; it is a lamp to our eyes for discovery, and so to our feet for direction. The word of God reveals to u…
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