Proverbs 21:6

In 11 translations

BSB

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

KJV

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

WEB

Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

ASV

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

LSV

The making of treasures by a lying tongue, || [Is] a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

YLT

The making of treasures by a lying tongue, [Is] a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

DBY

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.

DRC

He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.

GNV

The gathering of treasures by a deceitfull tongue is vanitie tossed to and from of them that seeke death.

JPS

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.

LXXE

He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity on to the snares of death.

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Original-language editions

WLC

פֹּ֣עַל א֭וֹצָרוֹת בִּלְשׁ֣וֹן שָׁ֑קֶר הֶ֥בֶל נִ֝דָּ֗ף מְבַקְשֵׁי־מָֽוֶת׃

LXX-Br

Ὁ ἐνεργῶν θησαυρίσματα γλώσσῃ ψευδεῖ, μάταια διώκει ἐπὶ παγίδας θανάτου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 13:11Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
• Proverbs 10:2Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
• Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
• Proverbs 20:21An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
• Proverbs 8:36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
• 1 Timothy 6:9–10Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By…
• 2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
• Proverbs 20:14“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
• Proverbs 30:8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
• Proverbs 22:8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
• Titus 1:11who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
• Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?

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