Proverbs 6:28

Can a man walk along upon hot coals, and shall his feet not be burnt?

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

In Context

27Can a man gather up fire in his lap, and shall his clothes not be burnt?

29So it is with him that goeth in to his neighbor's wife: no one that toucheth her shall remain unpunished.

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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 →

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