It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.
Proverbs 26:19 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, *Am I not joking?* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.
Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.
Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.
Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.
nor filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not appropriate; but rather giving of thanks.
receiving the wages of unrighteousness; people who count it pleasure to revel in the daytime, spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceit while they feast with you;