Matthew 5:29

If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Cross References (18)

  • Romans 8:13 (24)

    For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you w

  • Mark 9:43–48 (22)

    If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go in

  • Colossians 3:5 (20)

    Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and gre

  • Romans 6:6 (16)

    We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no

  • 1 Peter 4:1–3 (15)

    Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in h

  • 1 Corinthians 9:27 (13)

    No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualifie

  • Galatians 5:24 (13)

    Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

  • Luke 9:24–25 (12)

    For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.

  • Matthew 18:8–9 (12)

    If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled o

  • Mark 8:36 (12)

    What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

  • Matthew 23:15 (8)

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he become

  • Matthew 10:28 (8)

    Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul an

  • Matthew 19:12 (7)

    For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for t

  • Matthew 16:26 (7)

    What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his

  • Proverbs 5:8–14 (6)

    Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,

  • Matthew 5:22 (6)

    But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brot

  • Matthew 23:33 (4)

    You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

  • Luke 12:5 (3)

    But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into