Proverbs 21:6
Acquiring riches by a lying tongue 1 is a fleeting vapor and a snare that kills. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 wicked will drag them away, 1 for they refuse to do what is just. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 10:2Treasures accumulated by wickedness have no value, 1 but doing what is right keeps you from death. 1
Proverbs 20:14“Bad! Bad!” says the buyer, 1 but when he goes away he boasts. 1
Proverbs 22:8He who sows injustice will reap trouble 1 and the rod of his fury will fade away. 1
Jeremiah 17:11A partridge hatches an egg that she did not lay. Someone may become rich unjustly, 1 but when half his days are over, those riches will abandon him, and in the end he will be a fool.” 1
1 Timothy 6:9Now those who want to become wealthy fall into temptation, into a trap. They fall into many foolish and harmful passions, and into whatever else makes people sink into ruin and destruction.
2 Peter 2:3In their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. For a long time their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
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 →