Proverbs 21:6
The getting of otzarot by a lashon sheker 1 is hevel (vain, empty, meaningless) and fleeting 1 for them that seek mavet. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
7The violence of the resha'im shall drag them away; 1 because they refuse to do mishpat (justice). 1
Cross References
Proverbs 10:2Otzarot resha profit nothing, 1 but tzedakah (righteousness) saveth from mavet. 1
Proverbs 20:14It is good for nothing, it is naught, saith the koneh (buyer), 1 but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. 1
Proverbs 22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap aven (iniquity), 1 and the shevet (rod) of his wrath shall disappear. 1
Jeremiah 17:11As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; 1 so he that getteth osher (riches), and not by mishpat, 1 shall leave them in the midst of his days, 1 and at his end shall be a naval (fool). 1
1 Timothy 6:9But the ones desiring to be oishirim (rich men) fall into nisayon (temptation) and into a pakh (trap) and into many foolish and destructive ta'avot (lusts) which plunge men into cherem and Avaddon (destruction).
2 Peter 2:3And in their chomed (covetous) greed, they will exploit you with deceptive words. For them the Mishpat (Judgment) of old is not drei (idle) and their churban (ruin) 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 →