Proverbs 21:6 · KJV
“The getting of treasures by a lying tongue {is} a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.”
— Proverbs 21:6
The thoughts of the diligent {tend} only to plenteousness; but of every one {that is} hasty only to want.
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. {destroy...: Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them}
Proverbs 21 — Context
An high look, and a proud heart, {and} the plowing of the wicked, {is} sin. {An...: Heb. Haughtiness of eyes} {the plowing: or, the light}
5The thoughts of the diligent {tend} only to plenteousness; but of every one {that is} hasty only to want.
6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue {is} a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. {destroy...: Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them}
8The way of man {is} froward and strange: but {as for} the pure, his work {is} right.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:11
Wealth {gotten} by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. {by labour: Heb. with the hand}
Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Jeremiah 17:11
{As} 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. {sitteth...: or, gathereth young which she hath not brought forth}
Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance {may be} gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But 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.
Proverbs 20:14
{It is} naught, {it is} naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
2 Peter 2:3
And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.