Proverbs 21:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

To hoorde vp riches with a deceiptfull tongue, is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 13:11 : 11 Uaynly gotten goodes are soone spent: but they that be gathered together with the hande, shall encrease.
  • Prov 20:21 : 21 The heritage that commeth hastylye at the first, shall not be blessed at the ende.
  • Prov 8:36 : 36 But whoso offendeth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and they that hate me, are the louers of death.
  • Prov 10:2 : 2 Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through couetousnesse, shall they with fayned wordes make marchaudize of you, whose iudgement is nowe not farre of, and their damnation sleepeth not.
  • Prov 20:14 : 14 It is naught, it is naught (saith he that byeth): but when he commeth to his owne house, then he boasteth of his peny worth.
  • Prov 22:8 : 8 He that soweth wickednes, shal reape wickednes: and the rodde of his anger shall fayle.
  • Prov 30:8 : 8 Remoue farre fro me vanitie and lyes, geue me neither pouertie nor riches, only graunt me a necessary lyuyng:
  • Jer 17:11 : 11 The partrich maketh a nest of egges, which she layed not: he commeth by riches, but not righteously, in the middest of his life must he leane them behynde hym, & at the last be founde a very foole.
  • Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions wherby ye haue transgressed, and make you a newe heart and a newe spirite: for why wyll ye dye O ye house of Israel?
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction. 10 For loue of money, is the roote of all euyll, whiche whyle some lusted after, they erred from the fayth, & pearced the selues through with many sorowes.
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 Whose mouthes must be stopped, which subuert whole houses, teachyng thynges which they ought not, for fylthie lucre sake.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 21:7
    77%

    7The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruction: for they wyll not do the thing that is right.

  • Prov 26:27-28
    2 verses
    76%

    27Who so diggeth vp a pit, shal fall therin: and he that rolleth vp a stone, it wyl returne vpon hym.

    28A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe.

  • Prov 1:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18So these lay wayte for the blood of them, and lye priuily for their liues.

    19Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne, who taketh away the life of the owner therof.

  • Prov 10:2
    75%

    2Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.

  • Prov 13:11
    74%

    11Uaynly gotten goodes are soone spent: but they that be gathered together with the hande, shall encrease.

  • Prov 17:20
    74%

    20Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe.

  • Prov 21:5
    73%

    5The deuises of one that is diligent, bring plenteousnesse: but he that is vnaduised, commeth vnto pouertie.

  • Prov 20:21
    73%

    21The heritage that commeth hastylye at the first, shall not be blessed at the ende.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
    73%

    9For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction.

  • Prov 18:21
    73%

    21Death and life are in the instrument of the tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.

  • Mic 6:12
    73%

    12For the riche men thereof are full of crueltie, and the inhabitantes thereof haue spoken lyes, and haue deceitfull tongues in their mouthes.

  • Prov 12:19
    73%

    19The lippe of trueth shalbe stable for euer: but a dissemblyng tongue is soone chaunged.

  • Prov 17:4
    73%

    4A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.

  • Job 3:21
    72%

    21Whiche long for death and finde it not, though they search more for it than for treasures:

  • Job 15:31
    72%

    31He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie, and yet vanitie shalbe his recompence.

  • Prov 11:19
    72%

    19Lyke as ryghteousnesse bringeth lyfe: euen so to cleaue vnto euyll, bryngeth death.

  • Prov 15:6
    72%

    6The house of the ryghteous is full of riches: but in the fruites of the vngodly there is trouble.

  • Prov 14:23
    72%

    23In euery labour there is some profite: but vayne wordes bryng foorth onely penurie.

  • Prov 19:9
    72%

    9A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall perishe.

  • Prov 21:20
    72%

    20In a wise mans house there is a great treasure and oyle: but a foolishe body spendeth vp all.

  • Luke 12:21
    71%

    21So is he that gathereth riches to him selfe, and is not ryche towardes God.

  • Ps 10:7
    71%

    7His mouth is full of cursing, and of deceate, and of fraude: vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe.

  • Ps 120:3
    71%

    3What doth a deceiptfull tongue vnto thee? what good bryngeth it thee?

  • Prov 12:22
    71%

    22The Lorde abhorreth lying lippes: but they that deale truely please hym.

  • Eccl 5:10
    71%

    10He that loueth money, wyll neuer be satisfied with money: and he that loueth riches, shalbe without the fruite therof: This is also a vayne thyng.

  • Prov 20:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14It is naught, it is naught (saith he that byeth): but when he commeth to his owne house, then he boasteth of his peny worth.

    15There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell.

  • Prov 10:18
    70%

    18He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.

  • Prov 10:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer: but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught.

    21The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their owne follie.

  • Ps 39:6
    70%

    6Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe, truely he and all his do disquiet them selues in vayne: he heapeth vp riches, & can not tel who shal vse them.

  • Jer 17:11
    70%

    11The partrich maketh a nest of egges, which she layed not: he commeth by riches, but not righteously, in the middest of his life must he leane them behynde hym, & at the last be founde a very foole.

  • Prov 6:19
    70%

    19A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren.

  • Prov 11:27
    70%

    27He that searcheth for good thynges fyndeth fauour: but who so seketh after mischiefe, it shall happen vnto hym.

  • Matt 6:19
    70%

    19Hoorde not vp for your selues, treasures vpon earth, where the moth and rust doth corrupt, and where theeues breake through, and steale.

  • Prov 15:4
    70%

    4A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.

  • Ps 31:18
    70%

    18Let the lying lippes be put to scilence: which speake against ye righteous greeuous thinges with disdaine & contempt.

  • Prov 6:26
    70%

    26By an harlot a man is brought to beg his bread, and a woman wyll hunte for the pretious life of man.

  • Prov 15:27
    70%

    27The greedy couetous man rooteth vp his owne house: but who so hateth rewardes shall lyue.

  • Prov 16:27
    70%

    27An vngodly person stirreth vp euyll, and in his lippes he is as an hotte burnyng fyre.

  • Ps 50:19
    70%

    19Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt.

  • Mic 6:10
    70%

    10Are not yet the treasures of wickednesse in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abhominable?

  • Prov 28:22
    70%

    22He that wyll be riche all to soone, hath an euyll eye: and considereth not that pouertie shall come vpon hym.

  • Prov 10:31
    70%

    31The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.

  • Ps 12:2
    70%

    2Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour: and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes.

  • Jer 7:8
    70%

    8But take heede, ye trust in lying tales, that beguile you and do you no good.

  • Prov 21:25
    70%

    25The desire of the slouthfull kylleth him: for his handes wyll not labour.

  • Prov 19:5
    70%

    5A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape.