Proverbs 6:27 {28}
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Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?

Proverbs 6:26
Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?

Proverbs 6:28
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her.

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Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?

Job 31:9-12 If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend's door: . . .

Hosea 7:4-7 They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker: the city rested a little from the mingling of the leaven, till the whole was leavened. . . .

James 3:5 Even so the tongue is indeed a little member and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.

Context
Warnings Against Adultery
26Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn? 27Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?28So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her.…
Lexicon
Can a man
אִ֓ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

embrace
הֲיַחְתֶּ֤ה (hă·yaḥ·teh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2846: To lay hold of, to pick up fire

fire
אֵ֬שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: A fire

and his clothes
וּ֝בְגָדָ֗יו (ū·ḇə·ḡā·ḏāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

be burned?
תִשָּׂרַֽפְנָה׃ (ṯiś·śā·rap̄·nāh)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8313: To be, on fire


Additional Translations
Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

Shall any one bind fire in his bosom, and not burn his garments?

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned?

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?

Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?
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