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Proverbs 26:19

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is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”

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Proverbs 26:19 in other translations

So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

Proverbs 26:19 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 26:19 in context

  1. 17Like one who grabs a dog’s ears
    is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
  2. 18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
  3. 19is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
  4. 20For lack of wood a fire goes out.
    Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
  5. 21As coals are to hot embers,
    and wood to fire,
    so is a contentious man to kindling strife.