Mishle 6:28

28 Can one walk upon hot coals, and his regel not be burned?

Mishle 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.

Mishle 6:28 In-Context

26 For by means of an isha zonah a man is reduced to a kikar lechem; and [another] man’s wife will prey on the nefesh yekara (precious soul).
27 Can a man take eish in his kheyk, and his clothes not be burned?
28 Can one walk upon hot coals, and his regel not be burned?
29 So is he that goeth into his eshet re’a; whosoever toucheth her shall not go unpunished.
30 Men do not despise a ganav if he steal to satisfy his nefesh when he is starving;
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