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Proverbs 20:14
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Proverbs 20:14 · King James Version
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Proverbs 20:14 in other translations
“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.
"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, the LORD 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 It is naught, it is naught, 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 surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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