Proverbs 6:27
May a man take fire to his breast without burning his clothing?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
In Context
26For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
28Or may one go on lighted coals, and his feet not be burned?
Cross References
Job 31:12It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.
James 3:5Even so the tongue is a small part of the body, but it takes credit for great things. How much wood may be lighted by a very little fire!
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 →