It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on (A)the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.

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One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof(A) of the palace. From the roof he saw(B) a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful,

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28 But I say to you that (A)everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.(A)

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37 (A)Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;
    and (B)give me life in your ways.

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37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things;
    preserve my life(A) according to your word.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:37 Two manuscripts of the Masoretic Text and Dead Sea Scrolls; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text life in your way

16 For all that is in the world—(A)the desires of the flesh and (B)the desires of the eyes and pride of life[a]—is not from the Father but is from the world.

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  1. 1 John 2:16 Or pride in possessions

16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh,(A) the lust of the eyes,(B) and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.

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Peter's Vision

The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, (A)Peter went up (B)on the housetop about (C)the sixth hour[a] to pray.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 10:9 That is, noon

Peter’s Vision(A)

About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof(B) to pray.

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25 (A)Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
    and do not let her capture you with her (B)eyelashes;

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25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
    or let her captivate you with her eyes.

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Job's Final Appeal

31 “I have made a covenant with my (A)eyes;
    how then could I gaze at a virgin?

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31 “I made a covenant with my eyes(A)
    not to look lustfully at a young woman.(B)

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(A)The end of all things is at hand; therefore (B)be self-controlled and sober-minded (C)for the sake of your prayers.

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The end of all things is near.(A) Therefore be alert and of sober mind(B) so that you may pray.

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So then (A)let us not sleep, as others do, but let us (B)keep awake and (C)be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, (D)are drunk at night.

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So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,(A) but let us be awake(B) and sober.(C) For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.(D)

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30 (A)Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
    but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

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30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
    but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

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“When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring the guilt of blood upon your house, if anyone should fall from it.

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When you build a new house, make a parapet around your roof so that you may not bring the guilt of bloodshed on your house if someone falls from the roof.(A)

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So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise,[a] she took of its fruit (A)and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, (B)and he ate.

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  1. Genesis 3:6 Or to give insight

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable(A) for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband,(B) who was with her, and he ate it.(C)

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40 And he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. And he said to Peter, “So, could you not watch with me one hour? 41 (A)Watch and (B)pray that you (C)may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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40 Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me(A) for one hour?” he asked Peter. 41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation.(B) The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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