Bible verse
so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
Proverbs 26:19 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 26.
15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.
23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.
KJV
So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
ASV
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?
ERV
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
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