Proverbs 26:19 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁹So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

Proverbs 26:19 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 10:23
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
Ephesians 5:4
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
Proverbs 14:9
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Proverbs 15:21
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
2 Peter 2:13
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

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Conceit Consistency Deceit Deception Dishonesty Dissembling False Teachers Falsehood

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 18-19)

See here, 1. How mischievous those are that make no scruple of deceiving their neighbours; they are as madmen that cast firebrands, arrows, and death, so much hurt may they do by their deceits. They value themselves upon it as polite cunning men, but really they are as madmen. There is not a greater madness in the world than a wilful sin. It is not only the passionate furious man, but the maliciou…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 19)

18-19. Such are reckless of results.