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2 Samuel 11:2

WEB

2At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.

KJV

2¶ And it came to pass in an eveningtide[+], that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

BSB

2One 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.

FBV

2Late one afternoon, David got up from taking a nap and was walking on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.

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Extra References

Matthew 5:28

28but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Psalms 119:37

37Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.

1 John 2:16

16For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s.

Proverbs 6:25

25Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

Acts 10:9

9Now on the next day as they were on their journey and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.

Job 31:1

1“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

1 Thessalonians 5:6-7

6so then let’s not sleep, as the rest do, but let’s watch and be sober. 7For those who sleep, sleep in the night; and those who are drunk are drunk in the night.

Proverbs 31:30

30Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

1 Peter 4:7

7But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

Deuteronomy 22:8

8When you build a new house, then you shall make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring blood on your house if anyone falls from there.