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


In Context

3 To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin!

5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

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

7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.

8 The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of 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.