Proverbs 21:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.”
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“Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“The making of treasures by a lying tongue, <FI>Is<Fi> a vanity driven away of those seeking death.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 21:6 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 8:36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
- Proverbs 10:2Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
- Proverbs 13:11Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
- Proverbs 20:14“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.
- Proverbs 20:21An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
- Proverbs 22:8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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?
- 1 Timothy 6:9Those 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.
- Titus 1:11who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
- 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.
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