Proverbs 20:14
“Bad, bad,” says the buyer, || And then he boasts himself going his way.
Literal Standard 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 you become poor, || Open your eyes—be satisfied [with] bread.
15Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, || Indeed, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:10There is a thing of which [one] says: “See this, it [is] new!” Already it has been in the ages that were before us!
1 Thessalonians 4:6that no one goes beyond and defrauds his brother in the matter, because the LORD [is] an avenger of all these, as we also spoke to you before and testified,
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 →