World English Bible
"is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?""
— Proverbs 26:19, World English Bible
“So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?”
“So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport? ”
“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 eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.
Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?"
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, they go down into the innermost parts.