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Proverbs 6:25 KJV

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Proverbs 6:25, King James Version

In context

24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

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Cross-references

  • James 1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
  • Matthew 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
  • 2 Kings 9:30 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.