A moment in scripture
Proverbs 20:14
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It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 20:12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them.
- Proverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
- Proverbs 20:15
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
- Proverbs 20:16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.