Proverbs 21:6
The making of treasures by a lying tongue, || [Is] a vanity driven away of those seeking death.
Literal Standard 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
5The purposes of the diligent [are] only to advantage, || And of every hasty one, only to want.
7The spoil of the wicked catches them, || Because they have refused to do judgment.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness do not profit, || And righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 20:14“Bad, bad,” says the buyer, || And then he boasts himself going his way.
Proverbs 22:8Whoever is sowing perverseness reaps sorrow, || And the rod of his anger wears out.
Jeremiah 17:11A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, || [Is] one making wealth, and not by right, || In the midst of his days he forsakes it, || And in his latter end—he is a fool.”
1 Timothy 6:9and those intending to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,
2 Peter 2:3and in covetousness, with forged words, they will make merchandise of you, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.
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 →