Proverbs 26:19

Bible in Basic English 1965

So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

Cross References

Proverbs 10:23

It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

Proverbs 14:9

In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.

Proverbs 15:21

Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

Proverbs 24:28

Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

Ephesians 5:4

And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.

2 Peter 2:13

For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;