Proverbs 6:27-29

Warnings Against Adultery

²⁷ Can a man carry _y fire next to his _z chest
and his clothes not be burned?
²⁸ Or can one _a walk on hot coals
and his feet not be scorched?
²⁹ So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife;
none who touches her _b will go unpunished.

1. Cross References
   Job 31:12
   For that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase.
   
2. Cross References
   Psalms 79:12
   Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!
   
3. Cross References
   Isaiah 43:2
   When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.
   
4. Cross References
   Proverbs 16:5
   Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord ; be assured, he will not go unpunished.