Proverbios 26:19

19 como el que miente a un amigo
y luego le dice: «Solo estaba bromeando».

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 Entrometerse en los pleitos ajenos
es tan necio como jalarle las orejas a un perro.

18 Tanto daña
un loco que dispara un arma mortal

19 como el que miente a un amigo
y luego le dice: «Solo estaba bromeando».

20 El fuego se apaga cuando falta madera,
y las peleas se acaban cuando termina el chisme.

21 El buscapleitos inicia disputas con tanta facilidad
como las brasas calientes encienden el carbón o el fuego prende la madera.