Proverbs 6:27-29
Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Proverbs 6
3 songs meet this passage
“Toy esperando el primer descuido”
Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido · KAROL G
strains against Proverbs 6:27-29
This proverb warns about the danger of pursuing someone already committed to another; the song instead romanticizes waiting for that relationship to falter.
“I went down, down, down”
Ring of Fire · Johnny Cash
strains against Proverbs 6:27-28
Proverbs warns that playing with fire inevitably burns; the song's helpless, repeated falling doesn't reckon with that caution, just savors the fall.
With Every Beat of My Heart · Taylor Dayne
resonates with Proverbs 6:27-28
The warning about fire and getting burned echoes the biblical caution that intense passion carries real risk if unguarded.