6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.


In Context

3 To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

4 Lofty eyes, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty, only to want.

6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.

7 The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

8 Very crooked is the way of a guilty man; but as for the pure, his work is upright.

Proverbs 21:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:6A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:6He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro by them that seek death.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.