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Proverbs 6:27
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
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Proverbs 6:27 in other translations
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?
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In context
24 to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;
26 for by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a loaf of bread, and another's wife doth hunt for the precious soul.
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?
28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
30 They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
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