Like a madman shooting flaming arrows of death is a man who deceives his neighbor and says, 'I was only joking!'—a condemnation of the deceiver who claims his harmful words were jest, establishing that such claim does not mitigate harm. The escalation from joking to arrows of death suggests the seriousness of deception. The theological significance involves the principle that harmful speech cannot be erased by claiming playfulness.

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