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Proverbs 26:19
so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
Proverbs 26:19 · Berean Standard Bible
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Proverbs 26:19 in other translations
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”
is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?"
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In context
16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
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