Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.


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Deuteronomy 4 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
Deuteronomy 8 12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Deuteronomy 28 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Deuteronomy 28 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
1 Samuel 2 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
1 Samuel 12 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
2 Samuel 22 28 And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
Job 5 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 7 2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
Job 7 7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
Job 10 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Job 11 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
Job 11 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.
Job 15 12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
Job 15 31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Job 19 27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
Job 20 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job 20 9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Job 22 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Job 27 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
Job 27 12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?
Job 28 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Job 31 5 If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Job 31 16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Job 33 17 That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Job 36 21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Job 39 29 From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.
Job 41 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Psalms 6 7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
Psalms 10 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Psalms 10 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
Psalms 10 14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 18 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
Psalms 19 9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
Psalms 27 8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
Psalms 28 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms 31 9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
Psalms 33 18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
Psalms 35 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
Psalms 37 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Psalms 38 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
Psalms 39 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 39 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
Psalms 40 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
Psalms 41 6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Psalms 51 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Psalms 55 11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
Psalms 59 10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
Psalms 60 11 Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Psalms 64 6 They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.