Proverbs 6:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Job 31:9-9 : 9 If my heart has been deceived by a woman, or if I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door; 10 Then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down upon her. 11 For this would be a heinous crime; yes, it is an iniquity to be judged. 12 For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
  • Hos 7:4-7 : 4 They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker, who ceases from stirring after he has kneaded the dough, until it is leavened. 5 On the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he reaches out his hand with scorners. 6 For they prepare their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleeps all the night; in the morning it burns like a flaming fire. 7 They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings have fallen: there is none among them that calls unto me.
  • Jas 3:5 : 5 Even so, the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles!

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  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24 To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

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    18 Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,

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    32 But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he who does it destroys his own soul.

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    5 Even so, the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles!

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    5 That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.

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