Proverbs 26:18

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Anyone who would trick someone and then say, “I was only joking” is like a fool who shoots flaming arrows into the air and accidentally kills someone.

Cross References

Proverbs 25:18

A person who gives false testimony against a neighbor is as deadly as a club, a sword, or a very sharp arrow.

Isaiah 50:11

The Lord says, “Look, you people want to do whatever you want. So light your own fires and torches, but you will be punished. You will fall into your fires and torches and be burned. I will make that happen.”

Proverbs 7:23

where a hunter waits to shoot an arrow through its heart. The boy was like a bird flying into a net, never seeing the danger he was in.

Genesis 49:23

People attacked him and made life hard for him. Men with arrows became his enemies.

Judges 15:4

So Samson went out and caught 300 foxes. He took two foxes at a time and tied their tails together to make pairs. Then he tied a torch between the tails of each pair of foxes.