Proverbs 26:19
if you lie to your friend and then say, “I was only joking!”
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
In Context
18You're like a crazy person firing off blazing arrows and killing people
20Without wood, the fire goes out; and without gossips, arguments stop.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:9Stupid people laugh at sin, but good people want forgiveness.
Ephesians 5:4Obscene talk, stupid chatter, and coarse jokes are totally inappropriate—instead you should be thanking God.
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 →