Proverbs 26:19
is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
In context
16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.
17 Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own. 18 Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death 19 is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!” 20 Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.
21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife. 22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
Compare in other versions
- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 26:19 in the KJV
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, And saith, Am not I in sport?
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 26:19 in the ESV
is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!”