Proverbs 20:14
“It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.”
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.
Related Verses
“Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.”
“Man’s goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?”
“Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.”
“This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.”
“Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.”