Proverbs 20:14

Geneva Bible (1560)

It is naught, it is naught, sayth the buyer: but when he is gone apart, he boasteth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:10 : 10 Is there any thing, whereof one may say, Beholde this, it is newe? It hath bene already in the olde time that was before vs.
  • Hos 12:7-8 : 7 He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse. 8 And Ephraim saide, Notwithstanding I am rich, I haue found me out riches in all my labours: they shall finde none iniquitie in me, that were wickednesse.
  • 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 That no man oppresse or defraude his brother in any matter: for the Lord is auenger of all such thinges, as we also haue tolde you before time, and testified.

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    15There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lips of knowledge are a precious iewel.

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  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7There is that maketh himselfe riche, and hath nothing, and that maketh himselfe poore, hauing great riches.

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  • Ezek 7:12-13
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    12The time is come, the day draweth neere: let not the byer reioyce, nor let him that selleth, mourne: for the wrath is vpon al the multitude thereof.

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  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    13(5:12) There is an euill sickenes that I haue seene vnder the sunne: to wit, riches reserued to the owners thereof for their euill.

    14(5:13) And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing.

  • Prov 25:14
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    14A man that boasteth of false liberalitie, is like cloudes and winde without raine.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

  • Prov 1:19
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    19Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedy of gaine: he would take away the life of the owners thereof.

  • Prov 20:13
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    13Loue not sleepe least thou come vnto pouertie: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

  • Prov 14:23-24
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    23In all labour there is abundance: but the talke of the lippes bringeth onely want.

    24The crowne of the wise is their riches, and the follie of fooles is foolishnes.

  • Prov 19:1-2
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    1Better is ye poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, & is a foole.

    2For without knowledge the minde is not good, and he that hasteth with his feete, sinneth.

  • Prov 27:1
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    1Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11The riches of vanitie shal diminish: but he that gathereth with the hand, shall increase them.

  • Eccl 12:8
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    8Vanitie of vanities, saieth the Preacher, all is vanitie.

  • Prov 21:6
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    6The gathering of treasures by a deceitfull tongue is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The riche man is wise in his owne conceite: but the poore that hath vnderstanding, can trie him.

  • Eccl 5:16
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    21An heritage is hastely gotten at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

  • Ps 36:2-3
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    2For hee flattereth himselfe in his owne eyes, while his iniquitie is foud worthy to be hated.

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  • Job 20:21
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    21There shall none of his meate bee left: therefore none shal hope for his goods.

  • Prov 26:19
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    19So dealeth the deceitfull man with his friend and sayth, Am not I in sport?

  • Job 28:15
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  • Eccl 6:2
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    20A faythfull man shall abound in blessings, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be innocent.

  • Jas 4:16
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    16But nowe ye reioyce in your boastings: all such reioycing is euill.

  • Jer 17:11
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    11As the partryche gathereth the yong, which she hath not brought forth: so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leaue them in the middes of his dayes, and at his ende shall bee a foole.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.

  • Prov 23:23
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    23Bye the trueth, but sell it not: likewise wisdome, and instruction, and vnderstanding.

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    17The bread of deceit is sweete to a man: but afterward his mouth shalbe filled with grauel.

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