Proverbs 26:19
So dealeth the deceitfull man with his friend and sayth, Am not I in sport?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 faineth himselfe mad, casteth fire brands, arrowes, and mortall things,
20Without wood the fire is quenched, and without a talebearer strife ceaseth.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:9The foole maketh a mocke of sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.
Ephesians 5:4Neither filthinesse, neither foolish talking, neither iesting, which are things not comely, but rather giuing of thankes.
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 →