The teacher cuts off the plea which people make when they have hurt their neighbor by lies, that they “did not mean mischief,” that they were “only in fun.” Such jesting is like that of the madman flinging firebrands or arrows.
Related Commentaries of Proverbs 26:18
Proverbs 26:18-19
18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands,h arrows, and death,
19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?