Proverbs 26:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ so is one who deceives a neighbor and says, “I am 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

Doing wrong is like sport to a fool, but wise conduct is pleasure to a person of understanding.

Proverbs 14:9

Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy God’s favor.

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is a joy to one who has no sense, but a person of understanding walks straight ahead.

Proverbs 24:28

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Ephesians 5:4

Entirely out of place is obscene, silly, and vulgar talk; but instead, let there be thanksgiving.

2 Peter 2:13

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.