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Proverbs 6:28
Or can a man go vpon coales, and his feete not be burnt?
Proverbs 6:28 · Geneva Bible
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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 Desire not her beautie in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye lids.
26 For because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread, and a woman wil hunt for the precious life of a man.
27 Can a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be burnt?
28 Or can a man go vpon coales, and his feete not be burnt?
29 So he that goeth in to his neighbours wife, shall not be innocent, whosoeuer toucheth her.
30 Men do not despise a thiefe, when he stealeth, to satisfie his soule, because he is hungrie.
31 But if he be founde, he shall restore seuen folde, or he shall giue all the substance of his house.
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