Proverbs 26:19
so is the man who deceives his neighbor, and says, Am I not in sport?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
In Context
18As a madman who casts firebrands, arrows, and death,
20For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention ceases.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:9Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.
Ephesians 5:4also indecency, and foolish talking or jesting, things not befitting, but thankfulness instead.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:19-20
18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, 19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? See here, 1. How mischievous those are that make no scruple of deceiving their neighbours; they are as madmen that cast firebrands, arrows, and death, so much hurt may they do by their deceits. They value themselves upon it as polite cunning men, but really they are as madmen. There is not a greater madness in the world than a wilful sin. It is not only the passionate furious man,… Read the whole commentary →