World English Bible

Proverbs 6:28

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

Verse in context — Proverbs 6

For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?

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

So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

Men don't despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

Wisdom sayings for godly living and practical life.