Proverbs 21:6

Easy To Read Version

If you cheat to become rich, then your wealth will soon be gone. And your riches will lead you to death.

Cross References

Proverbs 13:11

If a person cheats to get money, then that money will soon be gone. But the person who earns his money will make it grow more and more.

Proverbs 10:2

If a person gets money by doing bad things, then that money is worthless. But doing good can save you from death.

Proverbs 20:21

If your wealth was very easy to get, it will not be worth much to you.

Jeremiah 17:11

Sometimes a bird will hatch an egg\par that it did not lay.\par A person that cheats to get money\par is like that bird.\par When that man’s life is half finished,\par he will lose the money.\par At the end of his life, it will be clear\par that he was a foolish person.”\par

Proverbs 8:36

But the person who sins against me\par hurts himself.\par All people who hate me love death!”\par

Proverbs 30:8

Don’t let me tell lies. And don’t make me too rich or too poor—only give me the things I need each day.

Proverbs 22:8

A person who spreads trouble will harvest trouble. And in the end, that person will be destroyed because of the trouble he gave other people.

2 Peter 2:3

Those false teachers only want your money. So they will use you by telling you things that are not true. But the judgment against those false teachers has been ready for a long time. And they will not escape the One (God) who will destroy them.

Proverbs 20:14

The person who buys something from you always says, “It’s no good! It costs too much!” Then that person goes away and tells other people that he made a good deal.

Titus 1:11

An elder {\cf2\super [7]} must \{be able to show that those people are wrong and\} stop them from talking \{about those worthless things\}. Those people are destroying whole families by teaching things that they should not teach. They teach those things only to cheat people and make money.