Proverbs 6:28 (WEB)
Or can one walk on hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“…the touch: as though he who touched her, would not escape from her who “hunteth for the precious life,” who causeth the young man’s understanding to fly away.“Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?” — editor's note: Prov. vi. 27, 28.
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Ambrose of Milan
“For as he who “takes fire into his bosom burns his clothes,” so he who walks upon fiery coals must of necessity burn his feet, as it is written: “Can one walk upon coals of fire and not burn his feet?”” — editor's note: Prov. vi. 28.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.
Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.14.