Proverbs 21:6
Money made by lies is like smoke in the wind—a chase that ends in death.
Free Bible Version
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
5Those who plan ahead and work hard will have plenty, while those who act rashly end up poor.
7The destruction caused by the wicked will destroy them, for they refuse to do what's right.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:2Wealth gained through evil does you no good; but living right saves you from death.
Proverbs 20:14“It's really rubbish,” says the one buying, but afterwards goes and boasts to others about making a good deal.
Proverbs 22:8Those who sow injustice will reap disaster, and the angry beatings they inflict on others will be stopped.
Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it didn't lay is someone who makes a fortune by cheating others. Their riches will fly away at midday, and in the end they'll look like a fool.
1 Timothy 6:9Those who are determined to become rich fall into the trap of temptation, following many foolish and damaging impulses.
2 Peter 2:3They will greedily exploit you with false tales. However, they are already condemned: their sentence has been hanging over them for a long time, and their destruction won't be postponed.
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 →