27Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
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If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; …
They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. …
Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-35)Here is, I. A general exhortation faithfully to adhere to the word of God and to take it for our guide in all our actions. 1. We must look upon the word of God both as a light (Pr. 6:23) and as a law, Pr. 6:20 , 23 . (1.) By its arguments it is a light, which our understandings must subscribe to; it is a lamp to our eyes for discovery, and so to our feet for direction. The word of God reveals to u…
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