Proverbs 26:19
so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
BSB
ASV
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?
KJV
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour,.... By telling him a lie; or by reporting false things concerning him; or by cheating him in trade and commerce; or by taking his goods privately from him; and, when caught in either of these, and saith, Am not I in sport? do not be angry, I designed no hurt; it is all in jest, a mere joke: but, had he not been apprehended, it would have been in earnest, as he was.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Ephesians 5:4Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are out of character, but rather thanksgiving.
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But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
Consider ships as well. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot is inclined.
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Proverbs 15:21Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.
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The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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Proverbs 14:9Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
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Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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2 Peter 2:13The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with…
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Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
