Proverbs 6:27 Cross References

Proverbs 6:27

27: Can a man scoop fire into his lap and not be burned?

Hosea 7:4

  1. They are all adulterers, always aflame with lust. They are like an oven that is kept hot even while the baker is still kneading the dough.
  2. "On royal holidays, the princes get drunk. The king makes a fool of himself and drinks with those who are making fun of him.
  3. Their hearts blaze like a furnace with intrigue. Their plot smolders through the night, and in the morning it flames forth like a raging fire.
  4. They kill their kings one after another, and no one cries out to me for help.

James 3:5

  1. So also, the tongue is a small thing, but what enormous damage it can do. A tiny spark can set a great forest on fire.

Job 31:9

  1. "If my heart has been seduced by a woman, or if I have lusted for my neighbor's wife,
  2. then may my wife belong to another man; may other men sleep with her.
  3. For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished.
  4. It is a devastating fire that destroys to hell. It would wipe out everything I own.
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