Proverbios 26:19

19 tal es el hombre que daña a su amigo, y dice: Ciertamente lo hice por broma

Proverbios 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.

Proverbios 26:19 In-Context

17 El que pasando se deja llevar de la ira en pleito ajeno, es como el que toma al perro por las orejas

18 Como el que enloquece, y echa llamas, y saetas, y muerte

19 tal es el hombre que daña a su amigo, y dice: Ciertamente lo hice por broma

20 Sin leña se apaga el fuego; y donde no hay chismoso, cesa la contienda

21 El carbón para brasas, y la leña para el fuego; y el hombre rencilloso para encender contienda