This pasuk’s admonishment does not seem consistent with the natural sequence of sin. First, the eyes see something inappropriate. The heart subsequently desires that which the eyes have seen. Only after the eyes have registered that which it should not have seen does the heart lust after it. In a lecture focusing upon the issue of tznius, proper dress, Horav Yehudah Leib Fine, zl, commented that in regard to inappropriate dress, the sequence is reversed. The individual whose heart leads him astray, who follows the blandishments of the yetzer hora, chooses to dress in an improper fashion. Hence, the roving…
