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

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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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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:16 Or pride in possessions

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

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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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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(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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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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30 (A)Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain,
    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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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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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:6 Or to give insight

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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27 What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on (A)the housetops.

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13 The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah—(A)all the houses on whose (B)roofs offerings have been offered (C)to all the host of heaven, and (D)drink offerings have been poured out to other gods—shall be defiled (E)like the place of Topheth.’”

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33 (A)A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest,
34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
    and want like an armed man.

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15 (A)Slothfulness casts into (B)a deep sleep,
    and (C)an idle person will suffer hunger.

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When they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him and put him to death and beheaded him. They took his head and went by the way of (A)the Arabah all night,

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And when Shechem the son of (A)Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humiliated her.

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the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive. And they took as their wives any they chose.

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Now the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, set out, and about the heat of the day they came to the house of Ish-bosheth as he was taking his noonday rest.

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25 And when they came down from the high place into the city, a bed was spread for Saul (A)on the roof, and he lay down to sleep.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 9:25 Septuagint; Hebrew city, he spoke with Saul on the roof

So he left all that he had in Joseph's charge, and because of him he had no concern about anything but the food he ate.

Now Joseph was (A)handsome in form and appearance.

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