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Proverbs 6:28
Or may one go on lighted coals, and his feet not be burned?
Proverbs 6:28 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 6:28 in other translations
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
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In context
25 Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.
26 For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
27 May a man take fire to his breast without burning his clothing?
28 Or may one go on lighted coals, and his feet not be burned?
29 So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.
30 Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:
31 But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.
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