Proverbs 21:6
פֹּעַל אוֹצָרוֹת בִּלְשׁוֹן שָׁקֶר הֶבֶל נִדָּף מְבַקְשֵׁי ־ מָֽוֶת ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
5מַחְשְׁבוֹת חָרוּץ אַךְ ־ לְמוֹתָר וְכָל ־ אָץ אַךְ ־ לְמַחְסֽוֹר ׃
7שֹׁד ־ רְשָׁעִים יְגוֹרֵם כִּי מֵאֲנוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט ׃
Cross References
Proverbs 10:2לֹא ־ יוֹעִילוּ אוֹצְרוֹת רֶשַׁע וּצְדָקָה תַּצִּיל מִמָּֽוֶת ׃
Proverbs 20:14רַע רַע יֹאמַר הַקּוֹנֶה וְאֹזֵל לוֹ אָז יִתְהַלָּֽל ׃
Proverbs 22:8זוֹרֵעַ עַוְלָה יקצור ־ אָוֶן וְשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתוֹ יִכְלֶֽה ׃
Jeremiah 17:11קֹרֵא דָגַר וְלֹא יָלָד עֹשֶׂה עֹשֶׁר וְלֹא בְמִשְׁפָּט בַּחֲצִי ימו יַעַזְבֶנּוּ וּבְאַחֲרִיתוֹ יִהְיֶה נָבָֽל ׃
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 →