Proverbs 20:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Prov 20:15
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15There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Eccl 5:10-11
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10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
11When 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?
Prov 13:7-8
2 verses
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7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
8The ransom of a man's life is his riches; But the poor heareth no threatening.
Ezek 7:12-13
2 verses
73%
12The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof.
13For 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 5:13-14
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13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:
14and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
Prov 25:14
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14[ As] clouds and wind without rain, [So is] he that boasteth himself of his gifts falsely.
Prov 17:16
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16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?
Ps 39:6
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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.
Prov 1:19
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19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Prov 20:13
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13Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Prov 14:23-24
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23In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
24The crown of the wise is their riches; [But] the folly of fools is [only] folly.
Prov 19:1-2
2 verses
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1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
2Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
Prov 27:1
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1Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Prov 13:11
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11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.
Eccl 12:8
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8Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.
Prov 21:6
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6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
Prov 28:22
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22he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.
Prov 28:11
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11The rich man is wise in his own conceit; But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Eccl 5:16
70%
16And 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?
Job 15:31
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31Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.
Prov 20:21
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21An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Ps 36:2-3
2 verses
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2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, That his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.
3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.
Job 20:21
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21There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
Prov 26:19
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19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?
Job 28:15
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15It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
Eccl 6:2
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2a 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.
Prov 3:14
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14For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold.
Eccl 2:21
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21For 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.
Prov 28:20
69%
20A faithful man shall abound with blessings; But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.
Jas 4:16
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16But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
Jer 17:11
69%
11As 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.
Eccl 6:7
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7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Prov 23:23
69%
23Buy the truth, and sell it not; [Yea], wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Job 20:18
69%
18That 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.
Prov 20:17
69%
17Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Prov 21:20
69%
20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.
Eccl 1:2
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2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Job 34:9
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9For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.
Hab 2:6
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6Shall 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!
Jas 4:13
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13Come 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:
Prov 11:26
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26He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him; But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
Prov 25:27
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Ps 49:6
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6They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;