World English Bible
Proverbs 26:19
“is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?”
Verse in context — Proverbs 26
17
Like one who grabs a dog's ears is one who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18
Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
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is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "Am I not joking?
20
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
21
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.