Proverbs 6:27
Does a man take fire into his bosom, || And are his garments not burned?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
In Context
26For a harlot consumes to a cake of bread, || And an adulteress hunts the precious soul.
28Does a man walk on the hot coals, || And are his feet not scorched?
Cross References
Job 31:12For it [is] a fire, it consumes to destruction, || And takes root among all my increase,
James 3:5so also the tongue is a little member, and boasts greatly; behold, how much forest a little fire kindles!
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 →