Proverbs 6:27

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Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?

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  • Job 31:9-9 : 9 If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor's door, 10 then may my wife grind grain for another, and may others kneel over her. 11 For that would be wickedness, a sin to be judged. 12 It is a fire that burns to destruction, consuming all my harvest.
  • Hos 7:4-7 : 4 They are all adulterers, burning like an oven heated by the baker, who pauses from stirring the dough until it is leavened. 5 On the day of our king, the princes became inflamed with wine, and the king stretched out his hand to mockers. 6 Their hearts are like an oven as they plot; all night their anger smolders, in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire. 7 All of them are hot like an oven; they devour their rulers. All their kings fall, and none call on me.
  • Jas 3:5 : 5 In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it boasts of great things. Consider how a small fire sets a great forest ablaze.

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  • Prov 6:28-30
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    28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

    29So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

    30Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

    25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

    26For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life.

  • Exod 22:6
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    6If a man gives silver or goods to his neighbor for safekeeping, and they are stolen from the neighbor's house, if the thief is caught, he must pay back double.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • Isa 9:18
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    18By the wrath of the LORD Almighty, the land is scorched, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no one spares his brother.

  • Prov 16:27
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    27A worthless man plots evil, and his words are like a scorching fire.

  • Prov 26:21
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    21Charcoal for embers and wood for fire, and a contentious person for kindling strife.

  • Prov 26:18
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    18Like a madman who shoots fiery arrows, arrows, and death,

  • Job 41:21
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    21Clubs are regarded as stubble; he laughs at the rattling of javelins.

  • Prov 6:32-34
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    32But a man who commits adultery has no sense; he destroys himself.

    33He will suffer wounds and disgrace, and his shame will never be wiped away.

    34For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.

  • Song 8:6-7
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    6Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm, for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as fierce as the grave. Its flames are fiery flames, the very flame of the Lord.

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  • Prov 27:13
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    13Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an outsider.

  • Lev 20:14
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    14If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is depravity. He and they must be burned with fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.

  • Prov 27:16
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    16Trying to restrain her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.

  • Jas 3:5-6
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    5In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it boasts of great things. Consider how a small fire sets a great forest ablaze.

    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

  • Prov 30:19-20
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    19The way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.

    20This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats, wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'

  • Job 31:12
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    12It is a fire that burns to destruction, consuming all my harvest.

  • Mic 7:5
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    5Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a close friend. Guard the words of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace.

  • Isa 47:14
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    14Behold, they are like stubble; fire consumes them. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coal for warming oneself, nor fire to sit before.

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    14My God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.

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    16Take a garment as security from one who guarantees a stranger's debt; hold it in pledge if it is for a foreign woman.

  • Ezek 15:4
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    4Look, it is put into the fire for fuel. The fire consumes both ends of it, and its middle is charred. Is it useful for anything?

  • Eccl 4:11
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    11Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?

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    20Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire has consumed their wealth.

  • Heb 12:29
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    29for our God is a consuming fire.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    6She does not consider the path of life; her ways wander, but she does not know it.

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  • Num 5:13
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    5To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32You adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Prov 5:8
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    8Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house.

  • Ezek 5:4
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    4Then take some of these again, throw them into the fire, and burn them. From it, a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

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    3For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.

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    11But look, all of you who light fires and equip yourselves with burning torches, walk in the light of your fire and in the torches you have set ablaze. This you will receive from my hand: you will lie down in torment.

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    9But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

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    10And behold, a woman came to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and sly of heart.

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    31The strong one will become tinder, and his work a spark; both will burn together, and no one will extinguish them.