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Proverbs 21:6
6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
Proverbs 21:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
- New International Version (NIV)A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Getting treasures by a lying tongue Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.
Context of Proverbs 21:6
4Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin. 5The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want. The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death. 7The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right. 8Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.
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פֹּ֣עַל א֭וֹצָרוֹת בִּלְשׁ֣וֹן שָׁ֑קֶר הֶ֥בֶל נִ֝דָּ֗ף מְבַקְשֵׁי־מָֽוֶת׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:6
- Proverbs 10:2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.
- Proverbs 13:11Wealth [gotten] by vanity diminisheth; but he that gathereth by manual-labour shall increase [it].
- Proverbs 20:14Bad! bad! saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
- Proverbs 22:8He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.
- Proverbs 30:8Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread of my daily need:
- Jeremiah 17:11[As] the partridge sitteth on [eggs] it hath not laid, [so] is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.
- 1 Timothy 6:9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.
- 2 Peter 2:3And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.
- Proverbs 8:36but he that sinneth against me doeth violence to his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
- Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from you all your transgressions wherewith ye have transgressed, and make you a new heart and a new spirit: why then will ye die, house of Israel?
Commentaries on Proverbs 21:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Of them that seek death - Instead of מבקשי mebakshey, "them that seek," several MSS., some ancient editions, with Symmachus, the Septuagint, Vulgate, and Arabic, have מקשי mokeshey, the snares. He who gets treasures by a lying tongue, pursues vanity into the snares of death. Our common translation may be as good. But he who, by the snares of his tongue, endeavors to buy and sell to the best advantage, is pursuing what is empty in itself; and he is…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Vanity - Or, “a breath driven to and fro of those that are seeking death.” Another reading of the last words is: “of the snares of death” (compare 1 Timothy 6:9). Some commentators have suggested that the “vapor” or “mist” is the mirage of the desert, misleading those who follow it, and becoming a “net of death.”Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6Verse 6 While men seek wealth by unlawful practices, they seek death.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. The getting--or, "what is obtained" (compare Job 7:2; Jr 22:13, Hebrew). vanity ... to and fro--as fleeting as chaff or stubble in the wind (compare Pr 20:17-21; Psa 62:10). Such gettings are unsatisfactory. them ... death--act as if they did (Pr 8:36; 17:19).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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