Proverbs 6:27
Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?
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Cross references
- Job 31:9–11 If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door; Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her. For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
- Hosea 7:4–6 They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; he ceaseth to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough, until it be leavened. On the day of our king the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scoffers. For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
- James 3:5 So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!