"{It is} naught, {it is} naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth." — Proverbs 20:14

Proverbs 20:14 · KJV

“{It is} naught, {it is} naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.”

— Proverbs 20:14

Verse 13

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, {and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Verse 15

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

Proverbs 20 — Context

The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, {and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

{It is} naught, {it is} naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

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

Take his garment that is surety {for} a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 4:6

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. {defraud: or, oppress, or, overreach} {in...: or, in the matter}

Hosea 12:7-8

{He is} a merchant, the balances of deceit {are} in his hand: he loveth to oppress. {a merchant: or, Canaan} {oppress: or, deceive}

Ecclesiastes 1:10

Is there {any} thing whereof it may be said, See, this {is} new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.