Proverbs 20:14
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
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Referenced Verses
- Eccl 1:10 : 10 Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
- Hos 12:7-8 : 7 [He is] a trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I am become rich, I have found me wealth: in all my labors they shall find in me no iniquity that were sin.
- 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
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15 There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
- Eccl 5:10-112 verses74%
10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes?
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7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
8 The ransom of a man's life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.
- Ezek 7:12-132 verses73%
12 The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
- Eccl 5:13-142 verses72%
13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:
14 and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
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14 [ As] clouds and wind without rain, [So is] he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.
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16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?
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6 Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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13 Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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23 In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
24 The crown of the wise is their riches; [But] the folly of fools is [only] folly.
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1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
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1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
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11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.
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8 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
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6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
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22 he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.
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11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
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16 And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?
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31 Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.
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21 An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
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2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.
3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.
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21 There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
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19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?
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15 It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
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2 a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but an alien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
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14 For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold.
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21 For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
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20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.
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16 But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
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11 As the partridge that sitteth on [eggs] which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
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7 All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; [Yea], wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
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18 That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.
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17 Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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20 There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.
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2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
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9 For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.
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6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with pledges! [
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13 Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:
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26 He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him; But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
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27 It is not good to eat much honey: So [for men] to search out their own glory is grievous.
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6 They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;