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Sprueche 26:19

Listen to Sprueche 26:19
19 also tut ein falscher Mensch mit seinem NĂ€chsten und spricht danach: Ich habe gescherzt.

Sprueche 26:19 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 26:19

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 him; and, when caught in either of these, and saith, Am not I in sport?
do not be angry, I designed no hurt; it is all in jest, a mere joke: but, had he not been apprehended, it would have been in earnest, as he was. This is only an excuse, and as absurd an one as if a man should set fire to his neighbour's house and barns, or throw arrows at him, or strike him with any instrument of death, as the sword and then say he was only in jest, or pretend madness.

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Sprueche 26:19 In-Context

17 Wer vorgeht und sich mengt in fremden Hader, der ist wie einer, der den Hund bei den Ohren zwackt.
18 Wie ein Unsinniger mit Geschoß und Pfeilen schießt und tötet,
19 also tut ein falscher Mensch mit seinem NĂ€chsten und spricht danach: Ich habe gescherzt.
20 Wenn nimmer Holz da ist, so verlischt das Feuer; und wenn der Verleumder weg ist, so hört der Hader auf.
21 Wie die Kohlen eine Glut und Holz ein Feuer, also facht ein zÀnkischer Mann Hader an.
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