Proverbs 7:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

He has taken a bag of money with him; he is coming back at the full moon.

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  • 2 Chr 2:4 : 4 See! I am building a house for the name of the Lord my God, to be made holy to him, where perfumes of sweet spices will be burned before him, and the holy bread will be placed at all times, and burned offerings will be offered morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and at the new moons, and on the regular feasts of the Lord our God. This is a law for ever to Israel.

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    18 Come, let us take our pleasure in love till the morning, having joy in love's delights.

    19 For the master of the house is away on a long journey:

  • Prov 7:21-22
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    21 With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips.

    22 The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

  • Prov 7:8-15
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    8 Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house,

    9 At nightfall, in the evening of the day, in the black dark of the night.

    10 And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;

    11 She is full of noise and uncontrolled; her feet keep not in her house.

    12 Now she is in the street, now in the open spaces, waiting at every turning of the road.

    13 So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:

    14 I have a feast of peace-offerings, for today my oaths have been effected.

    15 So I came out in the hope of meeting you, looking for you with care, and now I have you.

  • Prov 20:16
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    16 Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

  • Prov 6:31
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    31 But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.

  • Prov 27:13
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    13 Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

  • Job 15:22-23
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    22 He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;

    23 He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:

  • Deut 20:7
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    7 Or if any man is newly married and has had no sex relations with his wife, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another man may not take her.

  • Prov 20:14
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    14 A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.

  • Deut 22:14
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    14 And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:

  • Matt 25:18-19
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    18 But he who was given the one went away and put it in a hole in the earth, and kept his lord's money in a secret place.

    19 Now after a long time the lord of those servants comes, and makes up his account with them.

  • Exod 22:15-16
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    15 If the owner is with it, he will not have to make payment: if he gave money for the use of it, the loss is covered by the payment.

    16 If a man takes a virgin, who has not given her word to another man, and has connection with her, he will have to give a bride-price for her to be his wife.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

  • Exod 22:7
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    7 If a man puts money or goods in the care of his neighbour to keep for him, and it is taken from the man's house, if they get the thief, he will have to make payment of twice the value.

  • Judg 19:26
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    26 Then at the dawn of day the woman came, and, falling down at the door of the man's house where her master was, was stretched there till it was light.

  • Luke 19:12
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    12 So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.

  • Gen 39:16
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    16 And she kept his coat by her, till his master came back.

  • Exod 21:21
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    21 But, at the same time, if the servant goes on living for a day or two, the master is not to get punishment, for the servant is his property.

  • Job 20:18
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    18 He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

  • Gen 24:21
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    21 And the man, looking at her, said nothing, waiting to see if the Lord had given his journey a good outcome.

  • Prov 24:34
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    34 So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

  • Job 20:28
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    28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.

  • Luke 19:15
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    15 And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.

  • Ps 41:6
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    6 If one comes to see me, deceit is in his heart; he keeps a store of evil, which he makes public in every place.

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    7 And the man got up to go away, but his father-in-law would not let him go, so he took his rest there again for the night.

  • Gen 38:20
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    20 Then Judah sent his friend Hirah with the young goat, to get back the things which he had given as a sign to the woman: but she was not there.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32 The untrue wife who takes strange lovers in place of her husband!

  • Judg 19:3
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    3 Then her husband got up and went after her, with the purpose of talking kindly to her, and taking her back with him; he had with him his young man and two asses: and she took him into her father's house, and her father, when he saw him, came forward to him with joy.

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    20 There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

  • Luke 10:35
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    35 And the day after he took two pennies and gave them to the owner of the house and said, Take care of him; and if this money is not enough, when I come again I will give you whatever more is needed.

  • Job 7:10
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    10 He will not come back to his house, and his place will have no more knowledge of him.

  • Matt 25:10
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    10 And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.

  • Prov 31:11
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    11 The heart of her husband has faith in her, and he will have profit in full measure.

  • Job 27:20
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    20 Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.

  • Prov 17:18
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    18 A man without sense gives his hand in an agreement, and makes himself responsible before his neighbour.

  • Matt 24:50
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    50 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he is not looking for him, and in an hour of which he has no knowledge,

  • Lev 25:41
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    41 Then he will go out from you, he and his children with him, and go back to his family and to the property of his fathers.

  • Prov 5:8
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    8 Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;