John Gill's Exposition on Proverbs 26:19

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, etc.] 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, Amos 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, etc. and then say he was only in jest, or pretend madness.

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