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Proverbs 21:6
The gaining of treasures with a tongue of falsehood, is a vapour driven away, [they who seek them] seek death,
Proverbs 21:6 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 21:6 in other translations
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
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In context
3 To do righteousness and justice, is more choice to Yahweh than sacrifice.
4 Loftiness of eyes, and ambition of heart—the lamp of the lawless, are sin.
5 The plans of the diligent, tend only to abundance, but, of every one that is urgent, only to want.
6 The gaining of treasures with a tongue of falsehood, is a vapour driven away, [they who seek them] seek death,
7 The violence of the lawless, shall drag them away,—because they have refused to do justice.
8 Crooked is the way of a guilty man, but, as for the pure, straight is his dealing.
9 Better to dwell on the corner of the roof, than a quarrelsome wife, and a house in common.
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