World English Bible
Proverbs 6:27
“Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?”
Verse in context — Proverbs 6
25
Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
26
For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
27
Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?
28
Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
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So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.