“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer;
but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Proverbs 20:14 in context
Proverbs 20:11–17
11
Even a child makes himself known by his doings,
whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
12
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
the LORD has made even both of them.
13
Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty.
Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
14
Selected verse
“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer;
but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15
There is gold and abundance of rubies,
but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
16
Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger;
and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
17
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man,
but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
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