It is as sport to a fool to do wrong: but a man of understanding has wisdom.
Proverbs 26:19 - King James 2000 So is the man that deceives his neighbor, and says, Am I not jesting? 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 as sport to a fool to do wrong: but a man of understanding has wisdom.
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walks uprightly.
Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause; and deceive not with your lips.
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not fitting: but rather giving of thanks.
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. Spots they are and blemishes, reveling themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;