Proverbs 6:27
Can you put fire in your lap and not burn your clothes?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
In Context
28Can you walk on hot coals and not scorch your feet?
Cross References
Job 31:12for this sin is like a fire that leads to destruction, destroying everything I have.
James 3:5In just the same way the tongue is a very small part of the body, but it makes great boasts! Think how a big forest can be set on fire by a very small flame!
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 →