Proverbs 6:28

either go on coals, and his feet be not burnt? (or go upon coals, and his feet not be burned?)

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

27Whether a man may hide fire in his bosom, that his clothes burn not; (Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his clothes not burn?)

29So he that entereth to the wife of his neighbour; (he) shall not be clean, when he hath touched 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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