Proverbs 20:14
“Bad! Bad!” says the buyer, 1 but when he goes away he boasts. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 or you will come to poverty; 1 open your eyes and you will have plenty to eat. 1
15There is gold and an abundance of costly stones, 1 but lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. 1
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 1:10Is there anything about which it may be said, 2 'Look, this is new'? 1 Whatever exists has already existed for a long time, 2 during ages which came long before us. 1
1 Thessalonians 4:6Let no man transgress and wrong his brother in this matter. For the Lord is an avenger in all these things, just as we forewarned you 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 →