Proverbs 26:19
So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
In Context
18As he is guilty that shooteth arrows, and lances unto death.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:9A fool will laugh at sin, but among the just grace shall abide.
Ephesians 5:4Or obscenity or foolish talking or scurrility, which is to no purpose: but rather giving of thanks.
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 →