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Proverbs 20:14
Proverbs 20:14 is verse 14 of Proverbs chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
King James Version
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
World English Bible
“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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Proverbs 20:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible
12 Ears that hear and eyes that see— the LORD has made them both.
13 Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
14 “Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
15 There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
16 Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Ecclesiastes 1:10Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.
Hosea 12:7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
Hosea 12:8And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
1 Thessalonians 4:6and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.