Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 6:28
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?] He cannot; if he sets his feet upon them, and continues them ever so little on them, they will be burnt, and much more if he walks upon them; and so if a man gives way to the burning lusts of his heart after a whorish woman, and commits adultery with her, though not with frequency, he will not escape punishment in one shape or another; and much more if he continues such a lewd course of life; such practices are extremely dangerous q, and there is no possibility of being unhurt by them: see Job 31:12; the lake of fire and brimstone, everlasting burnings, will be the portion of those that commit fornication with the whore of Rome, Re 14:10.
q “Periculosae plenum opus aleae tractas: et incedis per ignes suppositos cineri doloso”, Horat. Carmin. l. 2. Ode. 1.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Pro 6:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Ver. 28. Can one go upon hot coals? ] Similitudes are never set out to confirm or confute, but to adorn and illustrate, giving unto their matter a certain kind of lively gesture, and stirring up thereby men’s drowsy minds to the consideration and acknowledgment of the truth, and to the pursuit and practice of virtue and godliness. Of the great use of similes, we may read in Chrysost., Hom. in Gen.; Origen in Levit.; August. de Doctrina Christ., lib. ii.; Greg. Moral., lib. iii. cap. 36, &c.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: Pro 5:8 – General