Proverbs 21:6
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
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getting

Proverbs 10:2
Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Proverbs 13:11
Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.

Proverbs 20:14, 21
"Worthless, worthless!" says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats. . . .

Proverbs 22:8
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Proverbs 30:8
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

Jeremiah 17:11
Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.

1 Timothy 6:9, 10
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. . . .

Titus 1:11
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.

2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with tales they have concocted. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

seek

Proverbs 8:36
but he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death."

Ezekiel 18:31
Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death.

King James Bible
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Making a fortune through a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a pursuit of death.

International Standard Version
A fortune gained by deceit is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

NET Bible
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The effect of a treasure by a lying tongue is even unto destruction; those that seek death will be overthrown.
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