Proverbs 6:28

28 aut ambulare super prunas et non conburentur plantae eius

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 pretium enim scorti vix unius est panis mulier autem viri pretiosam animam capit
27 numquid abscondere potest homo ignem in sinu suo ut vestimenta illius non ardeant
28 aut ambulare super prunas et non conburentur plantae eius
29 sic qui ingreditur ad mulierem proximi sui non erit mundus cum tetigerit eam
30 non grandis est culpae cum quis furatus fuerit furatur enim ut esurientem impleat animam
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