Bible verse
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
Proverbs 21:6 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 21.
2 All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
3 To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.
5 The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.
6 Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
8 The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
10 The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
KJV
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
ASV
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
ERV
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapour driven to and fro; they that seek them seek death.
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