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Proverbs 6:27

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Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

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  1. Proverbs 6:25

    Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

  2. Proverbs 6:26

    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.

  3. Proverbs 6:28

    Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

  4. Proverbs 6:29

    So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.