King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 6:27
“Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?”
Verse in context — Proverbs 6
25
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26
For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
27
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
29
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.