Proverbs 6:28

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Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

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    26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

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  • Prov 6:29-30
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    29So it is with the one who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.

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  • Prov 26:21
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    21Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.

  • Exod 22:6
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    6“If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or standing grain or the whole field is consumed, the one who started the fire must surely make restitution.

  • Isa 9:18
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    18For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

  • Ps 140:10
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    10May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.

  • Prov 26:18
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    18Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,

  • Eccl 4:11
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    11Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself?

  • Mark 9:45
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    45If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

  • Isa 47:14
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    14Look, they are like straw, which the fire burns up; they cannot rescue themselves from the heat of the flames. There are no coals to warm them, no firelight to enjoy.

  • Job 22:20
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    20‘Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.’

  • Isa 50:11
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    11Look, all of you who start a fire and who equip yourselves with flaming arrows, walk in the light of the fire you started and among the flaming arrows you ignited! This is what you will receive from me: you will lie down in a place of pain.

  • Job 41:21
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    21Its breath sets coals ablaze and a flame shoots from its mouth.

  • Job 12:5
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    5For calamity, there is derision(according to the ideas of the fortunate)– a fate for those whose feet slip!

  • Prov 5:5-6
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    5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.

    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

  • Ezek 15:4
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    4No! It is thrown in the fire for fuel; when the fire has burned up both ends of it and it is charred in the middle, will it be useful for anything?

  • Prov 3:23
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    23Then you will walk on your way with security, and you will not stumble.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • Amos 3:3
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    3Do two walk together without having met?

  • Prov 4:12
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    12When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble.

  • Ps 83:14
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    14Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,

  • Prov 25:22
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    22for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

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    9One who quarries stones may be injured by them; one who splits logs may be endangered by them.

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    5The earth, from which food comes, is overturned below as though by fire;

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    8Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

  • Prov 16:27
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    27A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

  • Prov 4:26-27
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    26Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.

    27Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.

  • Isa 1:31
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    31The powerful will be like a thread of yarn, their deeds like a spark; both will burn together, and no one will put out the fire.

  • Ps 58:9
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    9Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat.

  • Prov 19:2
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    2It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

  • 2 Sam 22:13
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    13From the brightness in front of him came coals of fire.

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    11Set the empty pot on the coals, until it becomes hot and its copper glows, until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot is consumed.

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  • Hab 3:5
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    5Plague will go before him; pestilence will march right behind him.

  • Prov 25:17
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    17Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

  • Jer 12:5
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    5The LORD answered,“If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only in safe and open country, how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River?

  • 2 Sam 22:9
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    9Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

  • Rom 12:20
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    20Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head.

  • Nah 1:6
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    6No one can withstand his indignation! No one can resist his fierce anger! His wrath is poured out like volcanic fire, boulders are broken up as he approaches.

  • Amos 5:19
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    19Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake.

  • Prov 6:18
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    18a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,

  • Job 6:17
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    17When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place.

  • Heb 12:29
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    29For our God is indeed a devouring fire.

  • 1 Cor 3:15
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    15If someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

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  • Heb 6:8
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    8But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; its fate is to be burned.