Proverbs 21:6 KJV
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Proverbs 21:6, King James Version
In context
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 vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
- Proverbs 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.