Proverbs 20:14

World English Bible (2000)

"It's no good, it's no good," says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 1:10 : 10 Is there a thing of which it may be said, "Behold, this is new?" It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
  • Hos 12:7-8 : 7 A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. He loves to defraud. 8 Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."
  • 1 Thess 4:6 : 6 that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

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