Proverbs 6:27

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Can fire be carried in the bosom without burning one's clothes?

Cross References

James 3:5

So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great exploits. How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire!

Proverbs 6:26

for a prostitute's fee is only a loaf of bread, but the wife of another stalks a man's very life.

Proverbs 6:28

Or can one walk on hot coals without scorching the feet?