2 Samuel 11:2
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2 It happened, late one afternoon when David rose from his couch and was walking about on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; the woman was very beautiful.(A)
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Matthew 5:28
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28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.(A)
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Psalm 119:37
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- 119.37 Q ms: MT give me life
1 John 2:16
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16 for all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride in riches—comes not from the Father but from the world.
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Acts 10:9
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9 About noon the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.(A)
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Proverbs 6:25
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25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes,(A)
Job 31:1
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31 “I have made a covenant with my eyes;
how, then, could I look upon a virgin?(A)
1 Peter 4:7
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7 The end of all things is near;[a] therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers.(A)
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- 4.7 Or is at hand
1 Thessalonians 5:6-7
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6 So, then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober,(A) 7 for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.(B)
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Proverbs 31:30
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30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.(A)
Deuteronomy 22:8
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8 “When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof; otherwise you might have bloodguilt on your house, if anyone should fall from it.
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Genesis 3:6
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6 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, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate.(A)
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Matthew 26:40-41
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40 Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and he said to Peter, “So, could you not stay awake with me one hour?(A) 41 Stay awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial;[a] the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”(B)
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- 26.41 Or into testing
Matthew 10:27
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27 What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops.
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Jeremiah 19:13
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13 And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be defiled like the place of Topheth—all the houses upon whose roofs offerings have been made to the whole host of heaven and libations have been poured out to other gods.(A)
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Proverbs 24:33-34
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33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest,(A)
34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber,
and want, like an armed warrior.
Proverbs 19:15
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15 Laziness brings on deep sleep;
an idle person will suffer hunger.(A)
2 Samuel 4:7
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7 Now they had come into the house while he was lying on his couch in his bedchamber; they attacked him, killed him, and beheaded him. Then they took his head and traveled by way of the Arabah all night long.
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Genesis 34:2
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2 When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the region, saw her, he seized her and lay with her by force.
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Genesis 6:2
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2 the sons of God saw that they were fair, and they took wives for themselves of all that they chose.(A)
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2 Samuel 4:5
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5 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 Ishbaal[a] while he was taking his noonday rest.(A)
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- 4.5 Heb Ish-bosheth
1 Samuel 9:25
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25 When they came down from the shrine into the town, a bed was spread for Saul[a] on the roof, and he lay down to sleep.[b](A)
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Genesis 39:6
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6 So he left all that he had in Joseph’s charge, and with him there he had no concern for anything but the food that he ate.
Now Joseph was handsome and good-looking.
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