Ezekiel 23:16
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At the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
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So you extended your promiscuity to Chaldea, the land of merchants—but even with this you were not satisfied!
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself.
One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.