Proverbios 6:27

27 ¿Puede un hombre poner fuego en su seno sin que arda su ropa?

Proverbios 6:27 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 6:27

Can a man take fire in his bosom
A whore is compared to fire, and is so called by the poets ^F15; and it is a saying of Pythagoras,

``it is a like thing to fall into fire and into a woman ^F16;''

the Hebrew words (va) , "esh", "fire", and (hvya) , "ishah", "a woman", have some affinity in sound; and the phrase of taking it "into the bosom" fitly expresses the impure embraces of a harlot; and his clothes not be burned?
he cannot, it is impossible; and equally vain is it to think that a man can commit whoredom and it not be known, or he not hurt by it in his name and substance, or in his body, soul, and life.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Plauti Bacehides, Act. 4. Sc. 9. v. 15. "Accede ad ignem hunc", Terent. Eunuehus, Act. 1. Sc. 2. v. 5.
F16 (to eiv pur kai eiv gunaika) , apud Maximum, Eclog. c. 39.

Proverbios 6:27 In-Context

25 No codicies su hermosura en tu corazón, ni dejes que te cautive con sus párpados.

26 Porque por causa de una ramera uno es reducido a un pedazo de pan, pero la adúltera anda a la caza de la vida preciosa.

27 ¿Puede un hombre poner fuego en su seno sin que arda su ropa?

28 ¿O puede caminar un hombre sobre carbones encendidos sin que se quemen sus pies?

29 Así es el que se llega a la mujer de su prójimo; cualquiera que la toque no quedará sin castigo.