Proverbs 6:28
Or can a man walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
In Context
27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
29So [is] he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her shall not be unpunished.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:21-35
Parental Cautions; Cautions against Impurity. 20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange… Read the whole commentary →