I will set nothing [a]wicked before my eyes;
(A)I hate the work of those (B)who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.

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  1. Psalm 101:3 worthless

I will not look with approval
    on anything that is vile.(A)

I hate what faithless people do;(B)
    I will have no part in it.

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37 (A)Turn[a] away my eyes from (B)looking at worthless things,
And revive me in [b]Your way.

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  1. Psalm 119:37 Lit. Cause my eyes to pass away from
  2. Psalm 119:37 So with MT, LXX, Vg.; Tg. Your words

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

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

Job Defends His Righteousness

31 “I have made a covenant with my eyes;
Why then should I [a]look upon a (A)young woman?

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  1. Job 31:1 look intently or gaze

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

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Then it happened one evening that David arose from his bed (A)and walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he (B)saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to behold. So David sent and inquired about the woman. And someone said, “Is this not [a]Bathsheba, the daughter of [b]Eliam, the wife (C)of Uriah the (D)Hittite?”

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  1. 2 Samuel 11:3 Bathshua, 1 Chr. 3:5
  2. 2 Samuel 11:3 Ammiel, 1 Chr. 3:5

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, and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba,(C) the daughter of Eliam(D) and the wife of Uriah(E) the Hittite.”

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28 But I say to you that whoever (A)looks at a woman to lust for her 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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13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. 15 Then, (A)when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, (B)brings forth death.

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13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own(A) evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin;(B) and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.(C)

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25 (A)Do not lust after her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.

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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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17 (A)“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; (B)you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

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17 “You shall not covet(A) your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

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(A)Blessed is that man who makes the Lord his trust,
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

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Blessed is the one(A)
    who trusts in the Lord,(B)
who does not look to the proud,(C)
    to those who turn aside to false gods.[a](D)

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  1. Psalm 40:4 Or to lies

Behave Like a Christian

(A)Let love be without hypocrisy. (B)Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.

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Love in Action

Love must be sincere.(A) Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.(B)

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Better is [a]the (A)sight of the eyes than the wandering of [b]desire.
This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 6:9 What the eyes see
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:9 Lit. soul

Better what the eye sees
    than the roving of the appetite.
This too is meaningless,
    a chasing after the wind.(A)

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20 Then Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness; (A)yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 21 And (B)do not turn aside; (C)for then you would go after empty things which cannot profit or deliver, for they are nothing.

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20 “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil;(A) yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 21 Do not turn away after useless(B) idols.(C) They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless.

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(A)Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, (B)lest you turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left,

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“Be very strong; be careful to obey all that is written in the Book of the Law(A) of Moses, without turning aside(B) to the right or to the left.(C)

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