Proverbs 21:6
The gaining of treasures with a tongue of falsehood, is a vapour driven away, [they who seek them] seek death,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 plans of the diligent, tend only to abundance, but, of every one that is urgent, only to want.
7The violence of the lawless, shall drag them away,—because they have refused to do justice.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:2The treasures of lawlessness, do not profit, but, righteousness, delivereth from death.
Proverbs 20:14Bad! bad! saith the buyer, but, going his way, then, he boasteth.
Proverbs 22:8He that soweth perversity, shall reap trouble, and, the rod of his wrath, shall be ready.
Jeremiah 17:11As a partridge gathereth eggs she did not lay, [So] is he that maketh riches but not with justice,—In the midst of his days, shall he leave them, And in his latter end, prove to have been base.
1 Timothy 6:9But, they who are determined to be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful covetings, the which, sink men into ruin and destruction,—
2 Peter 2:3And, in greed, with forged words, will they, of you, make merchandise: for whom, the sentence from of old, is not idle, and, their destruction, doth 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 →