Rabbi Menashya, son of the son of Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi, said: We have found that anyone who sees a matter of licentiousness, but does not feast his eyes on it, will be privileged to greet the Divine Presence. What is the source? “And shuts his eyes from perceiving evil” (Isaiah 33:15). What is written after it? “Your eyes will behold a king in his beauty, they will see a distant land” (Isaiah 33:17).
“Speak to the entire congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: You shall be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy” (Leviticus 19:2). “You shall be holy” – that is what is written: “The Lord of hosts will be exalted through justice” (Isaiah 5:16). It is taught: Rabbi Shimon ben Yoḥai said: When is the name of the Holy One blessed be He glorified in His world? It is when the Holy One blessed be He applies the attribute of justice against the wicked. It has many verses: “I will be glorified and I will be sanctified, and I will become known before the eyes of many nations, and they will know that I am the Lord” (Ezekiel 38:23). And it is written: “The Lord is known, He performs justice” (Psalms 9:17). “This time, I will inform them of My hand and of My might” (Jeremiah 16:21). “In order to know the righteous acts of the Lord” (Micah 6:5). And this one: “The Lord of hosts will be exalted through justice.”