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Proverbs 26:18-19

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18 People who shrug off deliberate deceptions, saying, "I didn't mean it, I was only joking,"
18 Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death
19 Are worse than careless campers who walk away from smoldering campfires.
19 is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
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