Job 31:1 (WEB)
“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
Fathers and councils · 3
Hippolytus of Rome
- Hippolytus of Rome, Exegetical Fragments §13On Proverbs
“See what Job says: “I made a covenant with mine eyes, that I should not think of another’s wife.”” — editor's note: Job xxxi. 1.
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John Chrysostom
“For this cause the blessed Jobalso laid down this law from the beginning, blocking out from himself on all sides this kind of gazing.” — editor's note: Job xxxi. 1.
Read the whole comment“And if thou wouldest also hear of his strivings after continence, hearken to him when he saith, “I made a covenant with mine eyes, that I should not think upon a maid.”” — editor's note: Job xxxi. 1.
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