Proverbs 26:19
So doth a dissembler with his neighbour, and saith, am not I in sport?
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
In Context
18As he that fayneth him selfe mad, casteth firebrandes, deadly arrowes and dartes:
Cross References
Proverbs 14:9Fooles make but a sport of sinne: but there is a fauourable loue among the ryghteous.
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 →