Proverbs 21:6
The getting of treasures by a tongue of falsehood is like the fleeting breath of those that seek death.
Leeser Tanakh
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
5The plans of the diligent tend only to plenty; but every hasty man is [destined] only to want.
7The robbery of the wicked will drag them away; because they refuse to execute justice.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness will not profit aught; but righteousness will deliver from death.
Proverbs 20:14It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then doth he boast.
Proverbs 22:8He that soweth injustice will reap wrong-doing; and the rod of God's wrath will not fail.
Jeremiah 17:11As a cuckoo that sitteth on eggs which he hath not laid, so is he that get the riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be called wicked.
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 →