Proverbs 20:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

It is worthless, it is worthless, says the buyer; but when he has gone his way, then he boasts.

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  • Eccl 1:10 : 10 Is there anything of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has already been in ancient times, which were before us.
  • Hos 12:7-8 : 7 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress. 8 And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; in all my labors they shall find no iniquity in me that is sin.
  • 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

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    15There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

  • Eccl 5:10-11
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    10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.

    11When goods increase, they who eat them increase, and what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes?

  • Prov 13:7-8
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    7There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; there is one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.

    8The ransom of a man's life are his riches, but the poor hears not rebuke.

  • Ezek 7:12-13
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    12The time has come, the day draws 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, though they are yet alive; for the vision concerns the whole multitude thereof, which shall not 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 for the owners to their hurt.

    14But those riches perish through misfortune, and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

  • Prov 25:14
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    14Whoever boasts of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no desire for it?

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

  • Prov 1:19
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    19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • Prov 20:13
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    13Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

  • Prov 14:23-24
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    23In all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the foolishness of fools is folly.

  • Prov 19:1-2
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    1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

    2Also, for the soul to be without knowledge is not good; and he who hurries with his feet sins.

  • Prov 27:1
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    1Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

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

  • Prov 21:6
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    6The accumulation of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vanity to those who seek death.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The rich man is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding searches him out.

  • Eccl 5:16
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    16And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what profit has he who has labored for the wind?

  • Job 15:31
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    31Let not him who is deceived trust in vanity, for emptiness shall be his recompense.

  • Prov 20:21
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    21An inheritance may be gained hastily at the beginning, but its end shall not be blessed.

  • Ps 36:2-3
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    2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity is found to be hateful.

    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

  • Job 20:21
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    21None of his food shall be left; therefore no one shall look for his goods.

  • Prov 26:19
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    19So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?

  • Job 28:15
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    15It cannot be bought with gold, nor shall silver be weighed for its price.

  • Eccl 6:2
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    2A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all he desires, yet God does not give him the power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

  • Prov 3:14
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    14For its merchandise is better than the merchandise of silver, and its gain than fine gold.

  • Eccl 2:21
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    21For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Yet he must leave his inheritance to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

  • Prov 28:20
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    20A faithful person shall abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich shall not be innocent.

  • Jas 4:16
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    16But now you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.

  • Jer 17:11
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    11As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

  • Eccl 6:7
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    7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.

  • Prov 23:23
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    23Buy the truth, and do not sell it, also wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

  • Job 20:18
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    18That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down; according to his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it.

  • Prov 20:17
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    17Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

  • Prov 21:20
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    20There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spends it up.

  • Eccl 1:2
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    2Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

  • Job 34:9
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    9For he has said, It profits a man nothing to delight himself in 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 who increases that which is not his! How long? And to him who loads himself with thick clay!

  • Jas 4:13
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    13Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city and spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit;

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    26The people shall curse him who withholds grain, but blessing shall be on the head of him who sells it.

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    27It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glory to search out one's own glory.

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    6Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;