Proverbs 26:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So is the man who gets the better of his neighbour by deceit, and says, Am I not doing so in sport?

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Referenced Verses

  • Eph 5:4 : 4 And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.
  • Prov 10:23 : 23 It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.
  • Prov 14:9 : 9 In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.
  • Prov 15:21 : 21 Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.
  • 2 Pet 2:13 : 13 For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;

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