Doing wrong is like sport to a fool, but wise conduct is pleasure to a person of understanding.
Proverbs 26:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 so is one who deceives a neighbor and says, “I am only joking!” Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, And saith, Am not I in sport? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So is the man who deceives his neighbor and then says, Was I not joking? [Eph. 5:4.] American Standard Version (1901) So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport? Common English Bible are those who deceive their neighbor and say, “Hey, I was only joking!” Catholic Public Domain Version 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 So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest. |
Doing wrong is like sport to a fool, but wise conduct is pleasure to a person of understanding.
Folly is a joy to one who has no sense, but a person of understanding walks straight ahead.
Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Entirely out of place is obscene, silly, and vulgar talk; but instead, let there be thanksgiving.
suffering the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.