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Proverbs 21:6

World English Bible

Getting treasures by a lying tongue
is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

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Proverbs 21:6 in other translations

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

Proverbs 21:6 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 21:6 in context

  1. 4A high look and a proud heart,
    the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
  2. 5The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit;
    and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
  3. 6Getting treasures by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
  4. 7The violence of the wicked will drive them away,
    because they refuse to do what is right.
  5. 8The way of the guilty is devious,
    but the conduct of the innocent is upright.