Job 31:1
Job makes a covenant with his eyes—a decision made in advance, not in the moment.
1 “I made a covenant with my eyes
not to look lustfully at a young woman.
Home / Bible verses for men / Purity
Bible verses about purity and lust for men
Scripture speaks about lust plainly and without contempt for the person struggling. It treats the heart as the place where the battle is actually fought, names a way out of temptation, and holds out honor rather than shame as the goal. If this is your fight, you are in ordinary company.
Matthew 5:27–28
Jesus moves the line from action to desire—which is honest about where it starts.
Adultery
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Proverbs 4:23
Guard your heart above all else, because everything you do flows from it.
23 Above all else, guard your heart,
for everything you do flows from it.
1 Corinthians 10:13
Your temptation is common to everyone, and God provides a way out—both halves matter.
13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
1 Thessalonians 4:3–5
Learning to govern your own body is framed as honor, something you grow into.
3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, 5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God;