Job 31:1

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

Cross-reference

Job 1:1 Parallel

In Job 1:1, Job is described as blameless and upright—his covenant with his eyes in 31:1 exemplifies that character.

In Matthew 5:29, Jesus commands radical action against the eye that causes sin, echoing Job's covenant to avoid lustful looks.

Matthew 5:28 equates lustful looking with adultery — the very sin Job's covenant prevents, showing the heart's intent matters.

Proverbs 6:25 warns against lusting after a woman's beauty, directly paralleling Job's covenant to not look lustfully.

2 Samuel 11:2-4 recounts David's gaze at Bathsheba leading to adultery — a concrete example of why Job made his covenant with his eyes.

1 John 2:16 Parallel

1 John 2:16 identifies 'lust of the eyes' as a worldly temptation, categorizing the very sin Job's covenant guards against.

Psalm 119:37 prays to turn eyes from worthless things — echoing Job's proactive covenant to guard his gaze from temptation.

Psalm 101:3 Parallel

In Psalm 101:3, the psalmist vows not to set worthless things before his eyes—same resolve as Job's covenant.

Mark 9:47 Parallel

In Mark 9:47, Jesus says to tear out an eye that causes sin—parallels Job's radical covenant to avoid looking.

In Ezekiel 23:16, Oholibah lusts after what she sees—contrasts with Job's covenant to avoid lust.

In Ecclesiastes 2:10, Solomon indulges whatever his eyes desired—opposite to Job's self-restraint.

Judges 14:1 Contrast

In Judges 14:1, Samson sees a Philistine woman and pursues her—opposite to Job's covenant to avoid lustful gazing.

Joshua 7:21 Parallel

Joshua 7:21 records Achan seeing, coveting, and taking—the sequence Job's covenant interrupts at the seeing stage.

Exodus 20:17 commands not to covet your neighbor's wife, the principle Job applies specifically to his eyes.

Genesis 39:7 shows Potiphar's wife casting lustful eyes on Joseph, mirroring the very look Job vows to avoid.

Genesis 34:2 describes Shechem seeing Dinah and sinning, a negative example of what happens without a covenant like Job's.

Genesis 3:6 Parallel

Genesis 3:6 recounts Eve seeing the fruit's appeal, the archetypal temptation through the eyes that Job's covenant seeks to avoid.

Genesis 6:2 Contrast

Genesis 6:2 shows the sons of God looking at beautiful women and taking them — the very gaze Job vows to avoid, illustrating its dangerous outcome.

James 1:15 Parallel

James 1:15 shows the progression from desire to sin to death, illustrating the stakes of Job's covenant to cut off desire at the start.

James 1:14 Parallel

James 1:14 explains that temptation arises from internal desire, the same desire Job proactively restrains with his covenant.

Proverbs 23:31-33 warns against looking at wine's allure — similar to Job's refusal to gaze at a virgin, both guarding against temptation through the eyes.

Proverbs 4:25 Related theme

Proverbs 4:25 advises keeping eyes straight ahead — a general principle of focus that Job applies specifically to avoiding lustful looks.