Proverbs 21:6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
In Context
7The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 20:14Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Proverbs 22:8He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.
Jeremiah 17:11[As] the partridge sitteth on [eggs] it hath not laid, [so] is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.
1 Timothy 6:9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.
2 Peter 2:3And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:6
5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. Here is, 1. The way to be rich. If we would live plentifully and comfortably in the world, we must be diligent in our business, and not shrink from the toil and trouble of it, but prosecute it closely, improving all advantages and opportunities for it, and doing what we do with all our might; yet we must not be hasty in it, nor hurry ourselves and others with it, but keep doing fair and softly, which, we say,… Read the whole commentary →