The word of the day is “burn.”  Today in our reading of Proverbs 6:20-7:1, we hear a graphic bit of wisdom, “Can a man take fire to his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? (NKJV vs. 27).  We shudder at the thought.  We feel the fiery heat burning through our clothing into our chest.  We smell the searing flesh.  We feel the pain of a thousand knives slicing into our tender body. Who would do such a thing?  The wise sage of Proverbs observes that getting involved in an adulterous affair is like clutching live coals to our chest.  Those who commit adultery, the sage promises, will be severely burned.  Adulterers will earn “wounds and dishonor,” “reproach that will not be…