Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Proverbs 6:27
Can a man take fire in his bosom, attempt to carry it in that manner, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, attempt to carry it in that manner, and his clothes not be burned?
Verse Proverbs 6:27. _CAN A MAN TAKE FIRE_] These were proverbial expressions, the meaning of which was plain to every capacity....
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The surety (Proverbs 6:1)_ 2. The sluggard (Proverbs 6:6) 3. The naughty, good-for-nothing person (Proverbs 6:12) 4. The strange woman ...
A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It consists of four short subsections Proverbs 6:1 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6 against sloth, Proverbs 6:12 against talebearing,...
CAN. MAN... ? Figure of speech _Paroemia._ App-6. TAKE. shovel up....
Fourteenth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:20. _The Evil Woman_ The holy memories and sanctions of the family are invoked (Proverbs 6:20) to give weight to another earnest warning against the sin which...
CAN A MAN TAKE FIRE— "The wife of one's neighbour is as fire: if you deliver yourself up to her impure love, it will consume you: you give admission to a passion which is unconquerable, and in the end...
TEXT Proverbs 6:23-35 23. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24. To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the for...
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? CAN A MAN TAKE FIRE IN HIS BOSOM (I:E., IN THE FOLD OF HIS GARMENT, ACROSS THE BOSOM OR LAP), AND HIS CLOTHES NOT BE BURNT? Perhaps...
DISSUASIVES FROM HURTFUL THINGS Proverbs 6:1 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15), evils which the Lordhates (1...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 6 V1 My son, follow this advice when you make a mistake. Perhaps you promised to pay a neighbour’s debt....
Fire is dangerous. It can burn you. Use fire carefully! Sex is also dangerous. You should only have sex with your husband or wife. Otherwise, it is dangerous. Be careful! Our evil actions are danger...
הֲ יַחְתֶּ֤ה אִ֓ישׁ אֵ֬שׁ בְּ חֵיקֹ֑ו וּ֝
CHAPTER 7 CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE BINDING CHARACTER OF OUR OWN ACTIONS "The surety the sluggard and the worthless person." Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 6:12 FROM the solemn principle announc...
The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain specific things which Jehovah hates. The warnings against becoming s...
(n) Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? (n) Meaning, that she will never cease till she has brought you to begging, and then seek your destruction....
_Burn. No one can deal with an adulteress without guilt. (Menochius) --- All probable occasions of sin must be shunned. (Worthington)_...
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepe...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...
CAN A MAN TAKE FIRE IN HIS BOSOM,.... A whore is compared to fire, and is so called by the poets o; and it is a saying of Pythagoras, "it is a like thing to fall into fire and into a woman p;'' the...
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Ver. 27. _Can a man take fire?_] Lest any man should reply, ‘I will see to myself, and save one from the afore named mischiefs; I have...
_To keep thee from the evil woman_ Which is mentioned as a great commendation of God's word, because neither worldly discretion, nor a good education, nor moral precepts, nor any other considerations,...
20-35 The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own natu...
The question implies a denial; he cannot escape burning. No more can he who burns in lust avoid destruction....
Proverbs 6:27 man H376 take H2846 (H8799) fire H784 bosom H2436 clothes H899 burned H8313 (H8735)...
ONE INTENTION OF THE COMMANDMENT AND TORAH IS TO KEEP HIM FROM THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN WHO WILL SEEK TO LEAD HIM ASTRAY (PROVERBS 6:24). In contrast with ‘woman wisdom' (e.g. Proverbs 1:20; Proverbs 3:13...
DISCOURSE 7. ADDRESSED TO ‘MY SON'. HE IS URGED TO OBSERVE THE COMMANDMENT AND THE TORAH, AVOIDING THE ENTICEMENT OF THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN, AND BEING AWARE OF THE WRATH OF THE DECEIVED HUSBAND (PROVERB...
Proverbs 6:27 These words contain an important principle of general application to every sin the impossibility for a man to play with the enticement to sin without falling a prey thereto. The truth o...
CONTENTS: Caution against rash suretiship, slothfulness, forwardness, and whoredom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Suretiship is to be avoided, because by it poverty and ruin are ofte...
Proverbs 6:1. _If thou be surety for thy friend._ If charity has gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lending w...
_Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?_ THE DANGER OF PLAYING WITH ENTICEMENTS TO SIN The law of the acquisition of knowledge is that the mind knows the unknown through the...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:27 The father uses two comparisons to show how adultery leads to disaster. First, he says that one who engages in foolish behavior will suffer for it (vv. Proverbs 6:27
CRITICAL NOTES,— Proverbs 6:24. Evil woman, literally. “the woman of evil.” PROVERBS 6:26. Last clause means “an adulteress allures to that which may cost a man his life” (_Stuart_). Proverbs 6:30
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 6:1 The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is a warning. The subjects treated of are (1) suretyship (Proverbs 6:1); (2) sloth ...
Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened b...
Hosea 7:4; James 3:5; Job 31:9...