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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Proverbs 26:19

so is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, using craft against him, deliberately hurting him with bitter speeches, and saith, Am not I in sport? Gentle teasing and irony may well be permissible, but there is a limit to everything, and joking must never become pointed raillery with a personal sting.

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See also Proverbs 26:19 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 26:19. _AM NOT I IN SPORT?_] How many hearts have been made sad, and how many reputations have been slain, by this kind of _sport_! "I designed no harm by what I said;" "It was only in...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The teacher cuts off the plea which people make when they have hurt their neighbor by lies, that they “did not mean mischief,” that they were “only in fun.” Such jesting is like that of the madman fli...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 26 CONCERNING THE FOOL AND THE SLUGGARD Eleven times we meet the word fool in this chapter. Three different words are used in the Hebrew for fool. The first is “avil” which signifies weakness....

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BOOK OF FOOLS. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2). The text is unusually corrupt and defective. PROVERBS 26:1. For the opposite use of s...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DECEIVETH. Hebrew. _ramah._ See note on Proverbs 11:18. Not the same word as in Proverbs 26:26....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _in sport_ Fatal mischief may come of thoughtlessness apart from malice....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 26:9-19 9. As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools. 10. As an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, AS A MAD (MAN), WHO CASTETH FIREBRANDS, ARROWS, AND DEATH, SO (IS) THE MAN (THAT) DECEIVETH HIS NEIGHBOUR, AND SAITH, AM NOT I IN SPORT? Comp...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    FOOLS. SLUGGARDS. TALKERS 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 26 V1 Snow should not fall in summer. Rain should not fall during the harvest....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Everyone can see that this mad man is dangerous. But the other man is also dangerous. His lie caused trouble. Then he claims that the lie was just a joke. So his humour caused trouble for everyone....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כֵּֽן ־אִ֭ישׁ רִמָּ֣ה אֶת ־רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְ֝ אָמַ֗

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 27 THE FOOL "As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool…A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool accord...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Verse Proverbs 26:2. Therefore, if the heart knows that a curse is unjust it may rest in the certainty that it cannot harm. Verses Proverbs 26:3. In this group of proverbs the fool is the subject. The...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    So [is] the man [that] deceiveth (i) his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? (i) Who disguises himself to be that which he is not....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Jest. He will not escape, no more than the person who had committed murder involuntarily, if he were not in a city of refuge, Numbers xxxv. 22._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO [IS] THE MAN [THAT] DECEIVETH HIS NEIGHBOUR,.... By telling him a lie; or by reporting false things concerning him; or by cheating him in trade and commerce; or by taking his goods privately from h...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? Ver. 19. _Am not I in jest?_] The wicked man's mirth is usually mixed with mischief. It is no sport, unless he may have t...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _As a madman_ Hebrew, כמתלהלה, _as one that makes, or feigns himself mad_, in order that, under that pretence, he may do mischief with impunity; _casteth firebrands, arrows, and death_ Any instruments...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THIS SECONDCHAPTER of the series is clearly the Exodus section, the work of the enemy manifesting itself in various forms of opposition to the truth, beginning with foolishness and ending with hatred....

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    That wrongs him under a false pretence of kindness and familiarity....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 26:19 man H376 deceives H7411 (H8765) neighbor H7453 says H559 (H8804) joking H7832 (H8764)...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 26:20-25.) God gives us two ears and two eyes, but only one tongue. We should therefore see and hear mor...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 26:1. _As snow in summer,_ which beats down the fruits; _and as rain in harvest,_ which causes the corn to shoot in the ear; so is honour incongruous to a fool. He shames his laurels, he wast...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife._ MISCHIEVOUS CITIZENS I. The meddler (Proverbs 26:17). 1. His conduct defined. 2. His mischief indicated. Renders himself liable to the anger of one,...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 26:17 These proverbs describe a person who uses his WORDS carelessly. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 26:17. MEDDLETH, rather, “_is excited_.” PROVERBS 26:21. COALS TO BURNING COALS—_i.e., “black coals to burning_,” etc. PROVERBS 26:22. A repetition of

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 26:1 Certain proverbs concerning the fool (_kesil_),_ _with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Proverbs 1:22)....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn now to Proverbs 26:1-28 to begin our study this evening. The first twelve verses of Proverbs 26:1-28 we trust doesn't apply to any of you tonight, because it's sort of addressed towards...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Peter 2:13; Ephesians 5:4; Proverbs 10:23; Proverbs 14:9; Pro

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