Holy Scripture
Job 31:9
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“He did not say, my eyes, but, my heart; I never allowed, he says, my thoughts to become corrupted, or my body either. This is exactly what Christ says: "He who has cast his glance upon a woman to desire her has already committed adultery in his heart."”
Source: Septuagint
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9If my heart has gone forth after another man’s wife, And if I laid wait at her doors;
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7If my foot has turned aside out of the way, Or if my heart has followed mine eye, And if too I have touched gifts with my hands;
8Then let me sow, and let others eat; And let me be uprooted on the earth.
— Job 31:9 —
10Then let my wife also please another, And let my children be brought low.
11For the rage of anger is not to be controlled, In the case of defiling another man’s wife.