Proverbs 21:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁶ Making a fortune through a lying tongue is a vanishing mist,  a pursuit of death.  ,,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Securing treasures by a lying tongue is a vapor driven to and fro; those who seek them seek death.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

Common English Bible

⁶ Those who gain treasure with lies are like a drifting fog, leading to death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Whoever gathers treasures by a lying tongue is vain and heartless. And he will stumble into the snares of death.

Proverbs 21:6 Cross References

Proverbs 10:2

Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone, but righteousness rescues from death.

Proverbs 13:11

Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle, but whoever earns it through labour  will multiply it.

Proverbs 20:14

‘It’s worthless, it’s worthless! ’ the buyer says, but after he is on his way, he gloats.

Proverbs 20:21

An inheritance gained prematurely will not be blessed ultimately.

Proverbs 22:8

The one who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Proverbs 30:8

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor wealth; feed me with the food I need.

Proverbs 8:36

but the one who misses me  harms himself; all who hate me love death.’

Jeremiah 17:11

He who makes a fortune unjustly is like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay. In the middle of his life his riches will abandon him, so in the end he will be a fool.

Ezekiel 18:31

Throw off all the transgressions you have committed, and get yourselves a new heart and a new spirit.  Why should you die, house of Israel?

Titus 1:11

It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.

2 Peter 2:3

They will exploit  you in their greed  with made-up stories. Their condemnation,  pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.