Proverbs 6:27
Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned?
In context
24 to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes; 26 for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts down a precious life. 27 Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned? 28 Or can one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched?
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; none who touches her will go unpunished. 30 People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 6:27 in the KJV
Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 6:27 in the NIV
Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?