Proverbs 26:19
So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
In Context
18As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,
20Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:9In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.
Ephesians 5:4And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.
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 →