Proverbs 20:14
“It is bad, it is bad,” says every buyer; and when he has withdrawn, then he will boast.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
In Context
13Do not love sleep, lest deprivation oppress you. Open your eyes and be satisfied with bread.
15There is gold, and there are a multitude of jewels. But lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:10There is nothing new under the sun. Neither is anyone able to say: “Behold, this is new!” For it has already been brought forth in the ages that were before us.
1 Thessalonians 4:6and that no one should overwhelm or circumvent his brother in business. For the Lord is the vindicator of all these things, just as we have preached and testified to you.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:14
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. Note, 1. Those that indulge themselves in their ease may expect to want necessaries, which should have been gotten by honest labour. "Therefore, though thou must sleep (nature requires it), yet love not sleep, as those do that hate business. Love not sleep for its own sake, but only as it fits for further work. Love not much sleep, but rather grudge the time that is spent in it, and wish thou couldst live without… Read the whole commentary →