Proverbs 26:19 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness: And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

Proverbs 14:9

The foolish make a mock at guilt: But among the upright there is good will.

Proverbs 15:21

Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom: But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

Proverbs 24:28

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

Ephesians 5:4

nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting, which are not befitting: but rather giving of thanks.

2 Peter 2:13

suffering wrong as the hire of wrong-doing; men that count it pleasure to revel in the day-time, spots and blemishes, revelling in their love-feasts while they feast with you;