Quiz: Job 31:1

I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?

Job 31:1

Questions

1. How was Job tempted sexually?
2. Who was Job vulnerable to as far as sexual temptation was concerned?
3. What does Job mean when he says, “look upon a young woman?”
4. What practical step did Job take to avoid his known weakness?
5. What is a covenant?
6. What did Job’s covenant with his eyes entail?
7. Whereabouts on the timeline of temptation did Job make his covenant with his eyes?
8. Why did Job make this covenant with his eyes?
9. Who did Job hold responsible for his sexual temptation?
10. What covenant have you made with your eyes?

Answers

1. Job was tempted sexually by his eyes, by what he saw.
2. Job was vulnerable to young women (literally, in the Hebrew, young, female virgins).
3. To “look upon a young woman” means to look lustfully at, to gaze with desire at, to gaze lustfully at.
4. Job made a covenant with his eyes.
5. A covenant is a solemn, binding agreement that defines the relationship between two individuals. There are blessings if both people keep the covenant, and penalties if one person breaks the covenant.
6. Job’s covenant with his eyes required him to not look lustfully at young, female virgins.
7. Job made his covenant with his eyes before he was tempted (not during, and not after).
8. Job made this covenant with his eyes because he knew that looking lustfully at women was wicked.
9. Job held himself (not young women) responsible for his sexual temptation.
10. Your answer: ___________________________________________________________