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Proverbs 20:14
Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Proverbs 20:14 · Darby Bible
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Proverbs 20:14 in other translations
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
“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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In context
11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14 Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel.
16 Take his garment that is become surety [for] another, and hold him in pledge for strangers.
17 Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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