²⁷ Can a man scoop fire into his lap, And his clothes not be burned?

⁹ "If my heart has been enticed to a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

¹⁰ Then let my wife grind for another, And let others sleep with her.

¹¹ For that would be a heinous crime; Yes, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

¹² For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase.

⁴ They are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, From the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.

⁵ On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.

⁶ For they have made ready their heart like an oven, While they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.

⁷ They are all hot as an oven, And devour their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to me.

⁵ So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!