Proverbs 21:6
To hoorde vp riches with a deceiptfull tongue, is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.
Bible (Bishops')
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
Cross References
Proverbs 10:2Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.
Proverbs 20:14It is naught, it is naught (saith he that byeth): but when he commeth to his owne house, then he boasteth [of his peny worth.]
Proverbs 22:8He that soweth wickednes, shal reape wickednes: and the rodde of his anger shall fayle.
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 →