Proverbs 21:6
He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity on to the snares of death.
LXX2012 (US English)
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
7Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:2Treasures shall not profit the lawless: but righteousness shall deliver from death.
Proverbs 22:8He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. + 22:8 See 2 Cor 9:7. Compare Heb. God loves a cheerful and liberal man; but a man shall fully prove the folly of his works.
Jeremiah 17:11The partridge utters her voice, she gathers eggs which she did not lay; so is a man gaining his wealth unjustly; in the midst of his days his riches shall leave him, and at his latter end he will be a fool.
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 →