Proverbs 6:28

28 Or can one walk on hot coals without scorching the feet?

Proverbs 6:28 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 6:28

Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
] He cannot; if he sets his feet upon them, and continues them ever so little on them, they will be burnt, and much more if he walks upon them; and so if a man gives way to the burning lusts of his heart after a whorish woman, and commits adultery with her, though not with frequency, he will not escape punishment in one shape or another; and much more if he continues such a lewd course of life; such practices are extremely dangerous F17, and there is no possibility of being unhurt by them: see ( Job 31:12 ) ; the lake of fire and brimstone, everlasting burnings, will be the portion of those that commit fornication with the whore of Rome, ( Revelation 14:10 Revelation 14:11 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F17 "Periculosae plenum opus aleae tractas: et incedis per ignes suppositos cineri doloso", Horat. Carmin. l. 2. Ode. 1.

Proverbs 6:28 In-Context

26 for a prostitute's fee is only a loaf of bread, but the wife of another stalks a man's very life.
27 Can fire be carried in the bosom without burning one's clothes?
28 Or can one walk on hot coals without scorching the feet?
29 So is he who sleeps with his neighbor's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
30 Thieves are not despised who steal only to satisfy their appetite when they are hungry.
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