Proverbs 20:14
¶ [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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10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this [is] also vanity.
11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good [is there] to the owners thereof, saving the beholding [of them] with their eyes?
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7 ¶ There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.
8 ¶ The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
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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 were yet alive: for the vision [is] touching the whole multitude thereof, [which] shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
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13 There is a sore evil [which] I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and [there is] nothing in his hand.
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14 ¶ Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.
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16 ¶ Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
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6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: 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; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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13 ¶ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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23 ¶ In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
24 ¶ The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] 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, [it 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 labour shall 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 vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
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22 ¶ He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty 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 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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31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
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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, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
3 The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.
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21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
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19 So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, 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 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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14 For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
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21 For there is a man whose labour [is] in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured 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 innocent.
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16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
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11 [As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
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7 ¶ All the labour 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; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
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18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow [it] down: according to [his] substance [shall] the restitution [be], and he shall not rejoice [therein].
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17 ¶ Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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20 ¶ [There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth 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 to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
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13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
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26 ¶ He that withholdeth corn, 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 their own glory [is not] glory.
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6 ¶ They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;