Proverbs 6:27
Would a man be able to conceal fire in his bosom, so that his garments would not burn?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
In Context
26For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man.
28Or could he walk over burning coals, so that his feet would not be burned?
Cross References
Job 31:12It is a fire devouring all the way to perdition, and it roots out all that springs forth.
James 3:5So also the tongue certainly is a small part, but it moves great things. Consider that a small fire can set ablaze a great forest.
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 →