Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone, but righteousness rescues from death.
Proverbs 21:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Making a fortune through a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a pursuit of death. ,, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Securing treasures by a lying tongue is a vapor driven to and fro; those who seek them seek death. American Standard Version (1901) The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death. Common English Bible Those who gain treasure with lies are like a drifting fog, leading to death. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever gathers treasures by a lying tongue is vain and heartless. And he will stumble into the snares of death. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death. |
Ill-gotten gains do not profit anyone, but righteousness rescues from death.
Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle, but whoever earns it through labour will multiply it.
‘It’s worthless, it’s worthless! ’ the buyer says, but after he is on his way, he gloats.
The one who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor wealth; feed me with the food I need.
but the one who misses me harms himself; all who hate me love death.’
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.
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?
It is necessary to silence them; they are ruining entire households by teaching what they shouldn’t in order to get money dishonestly.
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.