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Pro 6:27 — Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		Job 31:9-12; Hsa 7:4-7; Jam 3:5

Correlating Passages

Related Verses

	Job 31:9	If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;
	Job 31:10	[Then] let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
	Job 31:11	For this [is] an heinous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges.
	Job 31:12	For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
	Hsa 7:4	They [are] all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, [who] ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
	Hsa 7:5	In the day of our king the princes have made [him] sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.
	Hsa 7:6	For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
	Hsa 7:7	They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: [there is] none among them that calleth unto me.
	Jam 3:5	Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 6:27," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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