THEOSISProverbs 6:27Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?
הֲיַחְתֶּ֤ה אִ֓ישׁ אֵ֬שׁ בְּחֵיק֑וֹ וּ֝בְגָדָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִשָּׂרַֽפְנָה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Job 31:9If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend's door:
- Job 31:12It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.
- Hos 7:4They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker: the city rested a little from the mingling of the leaven, till the whole was leavened.
- Hos 7:7They were all heated like an oven, and have devoured their judges: all their kings have fallen: there is none amongst them that calleth unto me.
- Jas 3:5Even so the tongue is indeed a little member and boasteth great things. Behold how small a fire kindleth a great wood.