Skip to content
Bible by LittleOrMore — home

Proverbs · Chapter 6

Proverbs 6:27

Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?

World English Bible (Public Domain)

Read the chapter Verse card

In context

Before · Proverbs 6:25–26

25Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids. 26For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

27Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?

After · Proverbs 6:28–29

28Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? 29So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

Read all of Proverbs 6 (35 verses)

Key words — search the WEB