Verse 28
Proverbs 6:28
Bible in Basic English
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Or may one go on lighted coals, and his feet not be burned?
Original Language Text
hebrew
אִם יְהַלֵּ֣ךְ אִ֭ישׁ עַל הַ/גֶּחָלִ֑ים וְ֝/רַגְלָ֗י/ו לֹ֣א תִכָּוֶֽינָה
English Translation
If a man walks on coals, his feet will not be scorched.
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Chapter 6 Context
1
My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or given your word for another,
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You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.
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Do this, my son, and make yourself free, because you have come into the power of your neighbour; go...
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Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;
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Make yourself free, like the roe from the hand of the archer, and the bird from him who puts a net f...
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Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:
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Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
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She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.
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How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?
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A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
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Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man
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A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;
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Making signs with his eyes, rubbing with his feet, and giving news with his fingers;
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His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.
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For this cause his downfall will be sudden; quickly he will be broken, and there will be no help for...
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Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:
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Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
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A heart full of evil designs, feet which are quick in running after sin;
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A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.
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My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:
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Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck.
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In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you...
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For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the...
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They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.
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Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.
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For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
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May a man take fire to his breast without burning his clothing?
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Or may one go on lighted coals, and his feet not be burned?
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So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not g...
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Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:
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But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his prope...
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He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to...
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Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.
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For bitter is the wrath of an angry husband; in the day of punishment he will have no mercy.
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He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are in...
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