Proverbs 6:28
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Can one goe vpon hote coales, and his feete not be burnt?
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Proverbs 6:28
1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.
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Sense 1: Having great heat. Sense 2: Ardent, vehement, or eager.
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Pieces of wood or other combustible matter that are burning, ignited, or charred.
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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of burn, meaning to consume, injure, heat, dry, or harden by fire or intense heat. Sense 2: To be on fire.
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6:27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
6:27Can a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be burnt?
6:28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
6:28Can one goe vpon hote coales, and his feete not be burnt?
Selected passage6:29So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
6:29So he that goeth in to his neighbours wife; whosoeuer toucheth her, shall not be innocent.