Proverbs 21:6 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 21:6

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Didache

The Didache, Chapter 2 (100)

Thou shalt not be double-minded nor double-tongued; for to be double-tongued is a snare of death. Thy speech shall not be false, nor empty, but fulfilled by deed. Thou shalt not be covetous, nor rapacious, nor a hypocrite, nor evil disposed, nor haughty. Thou shalt not take evil counsel against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not hate any man; but some thou shalt reprove, and concerning some thou shalt pray, and some thou shalt love more than thy own life.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Of them that seek death - Instead of מבקשי mebakshey, “them that seek,” several MSS., some ancient editions, with Symmachus, the Septuagint, Vulgate, and Arabic, have מקשי mokeshey, the snares. He who gets treasures by a lying tongue, pursues vanity into the snares of death. Our common translation may be as good. But he who, by the snares of his tongue, endeavors to buy and sell to the best advantage, is pursuing what is empty in itself; and he is ensnared by death, while he is attempting to ensnare others.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
פֹּ֣עַל	Po.'al	[the] acquisition of	H6467 →
א֭וֹצָרוֹת	'o.tza.rot	treasures	H214 →
בִּלְשׁ֣וֹן	bil.Shon	by a tongue of	H3956 →
שָׁ֑קֶר	Sha.ker	falsehood	H8267 →
הֶ֥בֶל	He.vel	[is] a breath	H1892 →
נִ֝דָּ֗ף	ni.Daf	driven about	H5086 →
מְבַקְשֵׁי־	me.vak.shei-	seekers of	H1245 →
מָֽוֶת׃	Ma.vet	death	H4194 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 13:11
Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied.
leads to
- Proverbs 28:8
  He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 20:21
  An inheritance gained quickly will not be blessed in the end.
- Proverbs 10:2
  Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
Through
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…
leads to
- Proverbs 28:20
  A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Proverbs 8:36
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
leads to
- Proverbs 15:32
  He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
- Proverbs 1:31
  So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
- John 15:23–24
  Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
Through
Proverbs 10:2
Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
leads to
- Proverbs 11:4
  Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Proverbs

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Proverbs