Proverbs 21:6

New Century Version

Wealth that comes from telling lies vanishes like a mist and leads to death.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:2

Riches gotten by doing wrong have no value, but right living will save you from death.

Proverbs 13:11

Money that comes easily disappears quickly, but money that is gathered little by little will grow.

Proverbs 20:14

Buyers say, “This is bad. It’s no good.” Then they go away and brag about what they bought.

Proverbs 20:21

Wealth inherited quickly in the beginning will do you no good in the end.

Proverbs 22:8

Those who plan evil will receive trouble. Their cruel anger will come to an end.

Proverbs 30:8

Keep me from lying and being dishonest. And don’t make me either rich or poor; just give me enough food for each day.

Proverbs 8:36

Those who do not find me hurt themselves. Those who hate me love death.”

Jeremiah 17:11

Like a bird hatching an egg it did not lay, so are the people who get rich by cheating. When their lives are half finished, they will lose their riches. At the end of their lives, it will be clear they were fools.

Ezekiel 18:31

Get rid of all the sins you have done, and get for yourselves a new heart and a new way of thinking. Why do you want to die, people of Israel?

Titus 1:11

These people must be stopped, because they are upsetting whole families by teaching things they should not teach, which they do to get rich by cheating people.

2 Peter 2:3

Those false teachers only want your money, so they will use you by telling you lies. Their judgment spoken against them long ago is still coming, and their ruin is certain.