Proverbs 21:6

New International Reader's Version

A fortune made by people who tell lies amounts to nothing and leads to death.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:2

Riches that are gained by sinning aren’t worth anything. But doing what is right saves you from death.

Proverbs 13:11

Money gained in the wrong way disappears. But money gathered little by little grows.

Proverbs 20:14

“It’s no good. It’s no good!” says a buyer. Then off they go and brag about what they bought.

Proverbs 20:21

Property that you claim too soon will not be blessed in the end.

Proverbs 22:8

Anyone who plants evil gathers a harvest of trouble. Their power to treat others badly will be destroyed.

Proverbs 30:8

Keep lies far away from me. Don’t make me either poor or rich, but give me only the bread I need each day.

Proverbs 8:36

But those who don’t find me harm only themselves. Everyone who hates me loves death.”

Jeremiah 17:11

Some people get rich by doing sinful things. They are like a partridge that hatches eggs it didn’t lay. When their lives are half over, their riches will desert them. In the end they will prove how foolish they have been.

Ezekiel 18:31

Get rid of all the evil things you have done. Let me give you a new heart and a new spirit. Then you will be faithful to me. Why should you die, people of Israel?

Titus 1:11

They must be stopped. They are making trouble for entire families. They do this by teaching things they shouldn’t. They do these things to cheat people.

2 Peter 2:3

These teachers are never satisfied. They want to get something out of you. So they make up stories to take advantage of you. They have been under a sentence of death for a long time. The God who will destroy them has not been sleeping.