Proverbs 6:27

Geneva Bible (1560)

Can a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be burnt?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 31:9-9 : 9 If mine heart hath bene deceiued by a woman, or if I haue layde wayte at the doore of my neighbour, 10 Let my wife grinde vnto another man, and let other men bow downe vpon her: 11 For this is a wickednes, and iniquitie to bee condemned: 12 Yea, this is a fire that shal deuoure to destructio, & which shal roote out al mine increase,
  • Hos 7:4-7 : 4 They are all adulterers, and as a very ouen heated by ye baker, which ceaseth from raysing vp, and from kneading ye dough vntill it be leauened. 5 This is the day of our King: the princes haue made him sicke with flagons of wine: he stretcheth out his hand to scorners. 6 For they haue made ready their heart like an ouen whiles they lie in waite: their baker sleepeth all the night: in the morning it burneth as a flame of fire. 7 They are all hote as an ouen, and haue deuoured their iudges: all their Kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth vnto me.
  • Jas 3:5 : 5 Euen so the tongue is a litle member, and boasteth of great things: beholde, howe great a thing a litle fire kindleth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:28-30
    3 verses
    89%

    28Or can a man go vpon coales, and his feete not be burnt?

    29So he that goeth in to his neighbours wife, shall not be innocent, whosoeuer toucheth her.

    30Men do not despise a thiefe, when he stealeth, to satisfie his soule, because he is hungrie.

  • Prov 6:24-26
    3 verses
    78%

    24To keepe thee from the wicked woman, & from ye flatterie of ye tongue of a strange woman.

    25Desire not her beautie in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye lids.

    26For 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.

  • Exod 22:6
    73%

    6If fire breake out, and catche in ye thornes, and the stackes of corne, or the standing corne, or the fielde be consumed, he that kindled the fire shall make full restitution.

  • Prov 5:20
    73%

    20For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?

  • Isa 9:18
    72%

    18For wickednesse burneth as a fire: it deuoureth the briers and the thornes and will kindle in the thicke places of the forest: and they shall mount vp like the lifting vp of smoke.

  • Prov 16:27
    72%

    27A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning fire.

  • Prov 26:21
    72%

    21As ye cole maketh burning coles, & wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife.

  • Prov 26:18
    71%

    18As he that faineth himselfe mad, casteth fire brands, arrowes, and mortall things,

  • Job 41:21
    71%

    21(41:12) His breath maketh the coales burne: for a flame goeth out of his mouth.

  • Prov 6:32-34
    3 verses
    71%

    32But he that committeth adulterie with a woman, he is destitute of vnderstanding: he that doeth it, destroyeth his owne soule.

    33He shall finde a wounde and dishonour, and his reproch shall neuer be put away.

    34For ielousie is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

  • Song 8:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6Set mee as a seale on thine heart, and as a signet vpo thine arme: for loue is strong as death: ielousie is cruel as the graue: the coles thereof are fierie coles, and a vehement flame.

    7Much water can not quench loue, neither can the floods drowne it: If a man should giue all the substance of his house for loue, they would greatly contemne it.

  • Prov 27:13
    70%

    13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.

  • Lev 20:14
    70%

    14Likewise he that taketh a wife and her mother, committeth wickednesse: they shal burne him and them with fire, that there be no wickednes among you.

  • Prov 27:16
    70%

    16He that hideth her, hideth the winde, & she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.

  • Jas 3:5-6
    2 verses
    70%

    5Euen so the tongue is a litle member, and boasteth of great things: beholde, howe great a thing a litle fire kindleth.

    6And the tongue is fire, yea, a worlde of wickednesse: so is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell.

  • Prov 30:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19The way of an eagle in the aire, the way of a serpent vpon a stone, ye way of a ship in ye middes of the sea, and the way of a man with a maide.

    20Such is ye way also of an adulterous woman: she eateth and wipeth her mouth, and sayth, I haue not committed iniquitie.

  • Job 31:12
    69%

    12Yea, this is a fire that shal deuoure to destructio, & which shal roote out al mine increase,

  • Mic 7:5
    69%

    5Trust ye not in a friend, neither put ye confidence in a counseller: keepe the doores of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome.

  • Isa 47:14
    69%

    14Beholde, they shall be as stubble: the fire shall burne them: they shal not deliuer their owne liues from the power of the flame: there shalbe no coles to warme at, nor light to sit by.

  • Ps 83:14
    69%

    14As the fire burneth the forest, and as the flame setteth the mountaines on fire:

  • Prov 20:16
    69%

    16Take his garment, that is suretie for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.

  • Ezek 15:4
    69%

    4Behold, it is cast in the fire to be consumed: the fire consumeth both the endes of it, and the middes of it is burnt. Is it meete for any worke?

  • Eccl 4:11
    69%

    11Also if two sleepe together, then shall they haue heate: but to one how should there be heate?

  • Job 22:20
    69%

    20Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath deuoured the remnant of them.

  • Heb 12:29
    68%

    29For euen our God is a consuming fire.

  • Eccl 7:26
    68%

    26(7:28) And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares, and her handes, as bands: he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

  • Prov 5:6
    68%

    6She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou canst not knowe them.

  • Amos 5:6
    68%

    6Seeke the Lorde, and yee shal liue, least he breake out like fire in the house of Ioseph & deuoure it, & there be none to quench it in Beth-el.

  • Num 5:13
    68%

    13So that an other man lie with her fleshly, and it bee hid from the eyes of her husbande, and kept close, and yet she be defiled, and there be no witnesse against her, neither she taken with the maner,

  • Prov 7:5
    68%

    5That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.

  • Ezek 16:32
    68%

    32But as a wife that playeth the harlot, and taketh others for her husband:

  • Prov 5:8
    68%

    8Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,

  • Ezek 5:4
    68%

    4Then take of them againe and cast them into the middes of the fire, and burne them in the fire: for thereof shall a fire come foorth into all the house of Israel.

  • Prov 5:3
    68%

    3For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.

  • Isa 50:11
    68%

    11Beholde, all you kindle a fire, and are compassed about with sparkes: walke in the light of your fire, and in the sparkes that ye haue kindled. This shall ye haue of mine hand: ye shall lye downe in sorowe.

  • 1 Cor 7:9
    68%

    9But if they cannot abstaine, let them marrie: for it is better to marrie then to burne.

  • Prov 7:10
    67%

    10And beholde, there met him a woman with an harlots behauiour, and subtill in heart.

  • Prov 22:24
    67%

    24Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,

  • Prov 26:23
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    23As siluer drosse ouerlayde vpon a potsheard, so are burning lips, and an euill heart.

  • 2 Sam 22:9
    67%

    9Smoke went out at his nostrels, and consuming fire out of his mouth: coles were kindled thereat.

  • Isa 1:31
    67%

    31And the strong shalbe as towe, and the maker thereof, as a sparke: and they shall both burne together, and none shall quench them.