It is like sport to a fool to do wrong, but wise conduct is pleasure to a man of understanding.
Proverbs 26:19 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!” More versionsKing 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. |
It is like sport to a fool to do wrong, but wise conduct is pleasure to a man of understanding.
Folly is a joy to him who has no sense, but a man of understanding walks aright.
Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Let there be no filthiness, nor silly talk, nor levity, which are not fitting; but instead let there be thanksgiving.
suffering wrong for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their dissipation, carousing with you.