King James Version
"So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?"
— Proverbs 26:19, King James Version
“So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport? ”
“is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?"”
“so is a person who has deceived his neighbor, and said,“Was I not only joking?””
“So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.”
“So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?”
“So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?”
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.