King James Version
Proverbs 21:6 in the King James Version says “The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.”
Proverbs 21:6 · KJV
An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. An: Heb. Haughtiness of eyes the plowing: or, the light
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. destroy: Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
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“tongue”
H3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
“is a vanity”
H1892emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
“them that seek”
H1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
“death”
H4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
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