Proverbs 26:19
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith: 'Am not I in sport?'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
In Context
18As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death;
20Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:9Amends pleadeth for fools; but among the upright there is good will.
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 →