“Next you say, "and all his pomp." The pomp of the devil is the craze for the theater, the horse races in the circus, the wildbeast hunts and all such emptiness, from which the saint prays to God to be delivered in the words, "Turn away my eyes that they may not behold worthless things." Avoid an addiction to the theat…”
Cyril of Jerusalem, 4th c. — MYSTAGOGICAL LECTURES 1:6
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37Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
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35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
36Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
— Psalms 119:37 —
38Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
39Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.