Proverbs 6:27
Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?
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- Job 31:9-9 : 9 "If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door, 10 then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her. 11 For that would be a heinous crime. Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges: 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. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, from the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened. 5 On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers. 6 For they have prepared their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire. 7 They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.
- Jas 3:5 : 5 So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
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- Prov 6:28-303 verses89%
28 Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
30 Men don't despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:
- Prov 6:24-263 verses78%
24 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.
25 Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
26 For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
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6 "If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
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20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
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18 For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
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27 A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
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21 As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
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18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
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21 His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth.
- Prov 6:32-343 verses71%
32 He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.
33 He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.
34 For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance.
- Song 8:6-72 verses70%
6 Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.
7 Many waters can't quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned. Friends
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13 Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!
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14 "'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.
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16 restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
- Jas 3:5-62 verses70%
5 So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!
6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
- Prov 30:19-202 verses69%
19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.
20 "So is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
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12 For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.
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5 Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!
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14 Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.
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14 As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
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16 Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
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4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and its midst is burned: is it profitable for any work?
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11 Again, if two lie together, then they have warmth; but how can one keep warm alone?
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20 saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'
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29 for our God is a consuming fire.
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26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.
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6 She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn't know it.
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6 Seek Yahweh, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.
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13 and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken in the act;
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5 that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
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32 A wife who commits adultery! who takes strangers instead of her husband!
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8 Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,
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4 Of these again you shall take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; from it shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
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3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,
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11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves; walk in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that you have kindled. You shall have this of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.
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9 But if they don't have self-control, let them marry. For it's better to marry than to burn.
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10 Behold, there a woman met him with the attire of a prostitute, and with crafty intent.
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24 Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:
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23 Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.
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9 Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
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31 The strong will be like tinder, and his work like a spark. They will both burn together, and no one will quench them."