Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt? The whoremonger or adulterer treads upon the coals of Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt? The whoremonger or adulterer treads upon the coals of lust; and he cannot therefore expect not to be burned by the flame of conscience and of judicial vengeance. Burning was often the penalty of adultery (Genesis 38:24; cf. Job 31:9-12, "If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; Then, etc. For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity (to be punished by) the judges. For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all my increase").