Proverbs 26:19 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁹ So is a man who deceived his neighbour, And says, “I was only joking!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, And saith, Am not I in sport?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ So is the man who deceives his neighbor and then says, Was I not joking? [Eph. 5:4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

Common English Bible

¹⁹ are those who deceive their neighbor and say, “Hey, I was only joking!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ so also is the man who harms his friend by deceitfulness. And when he has been apprehended, he says, "I did it jokingly."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁹ So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.

Proverbs 26:19 Cross References

Proverbs 10:23

To work out wicked schemes Is like sport to a fool, But wisdom is for a man of understanding.

Proverbs 14:9

Fools scoff at guilt, But among the straight there is delight.

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is joy to one lacking heart, But a man of understanding walks straight.

Proverbs 24:28

Do not witness against your neighbour without cause, And do not deceive with your lips.

Ephesians 5:4

neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving.

2 Peter 2:13

being about to receive the wages of unrighteousness, deeming indulgence in the day of pleasure, spots and blemishes, revelling in their own deceptions while they feast with you,