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Proverbs 6:28

World English Bible

Or can one walk on hot coals,
and his feet not be scorched?

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Proverbs 6:28 in other translations

Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?

Proverbs 6:28 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 6:28 in context

  1. 26For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread.
    The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
  2. 27Can a man scoop fire into his lap,
    and his clothes not be burned?
  3. 28Or can one walk on hot coals,
    and his feet not be scorched?
  4. 29So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife.
    Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
  5. 30Men don’t despise a thief
    if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry;