Proverbs 20:14

King James Version 1611 (Original)

It is naught, it is naught, 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 any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
  • Hos 12:7-8 : 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
  • 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

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    10He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.

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  • Prov 13:7-8
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  • Ezek 7:12-13
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    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.

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  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

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  • Prov 25:14
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  • Prov 17:16
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    16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: 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; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

  • Prov 20:13
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    13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

  • Prov 14:23-24
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    23In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

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  • Prov 19:1-2
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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, it 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 labour shall increase.

  • Eccl 12:8
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    8Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.

  • Prov 21:6
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  • Prov 28:22
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  • 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
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    16And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

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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
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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 hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

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    14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

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    16But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.

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    17Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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    20There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

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    2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

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