Proverbs 26:19

so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

In Context

18As those who need correction put forth fair words to men, and he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown;

20With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:9The houses of transgressors + 14:9 Gr. shall owe. See Job 6. 21.will need purification; but the houses of the just are acceptable.

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 →

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