Proverbs 6:28

or will any one walk on coals of fire, and not burn his feet?

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

27Shall any one bind fire in his bosom, and not burn his garments?

29So is he that goes in to a married woman; he shall not be held guiltless, neither any one that touches her.

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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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