箴言 6:27

27 人 若 怀 里 搋 火 , 衣 服 岂 能 不 烧 呢 ?

箴言 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.
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.

箴言 6:27 In-Context

25 你 心 中 不 要 恋 慕 他 的 美 色 , 也 不 要 被 他 眼 皮 勾 引 。
26 因 为 , 妓 女 能 使 人 只 剩 一 块 饼 ; 淫 妇 猎 取 人 宝 贵 的 生 命 。
27 人 若 怀 里 搋 火 , 衣 服 岂 能 不 烧 呢 ?
28 人 若 在 火 炭 上 走 , 脚 岂 能 不 烫 呢 ?
29 亲 近 邻 舍 之 妻 的 , 也 是 如 此 ; 凡 挨 近 他 的 , 不 免 受 罚 。
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