Proverbs 21:6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by them that seek death.
Webster 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 robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 20:14It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone, then he boasteth.
Proverbs 22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Jeremiah 17:11As the partridge sitteth on eggs , and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
1 Timothy 6:9But they that will be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
2 Peter 2:3And through covetousness they will with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
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 →