Proverbs 21:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

The accumulation of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vanity to those who seek death.

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  • Prov 13:11 : 11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.
  • Prov 20:21 : 21 An inheritance may be gained hastily at the beginning, but its end shall not be blessed.
  • Prov 8:36 : 36 But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.
  • Prov 10:2 : 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words; their judgment is long overdue, and their destruction does not slumber.
  • Prov 20:14 : 14 It is worthless, it is worthless, says the buyer; but when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
  • Prov 22:8 : 8 He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail.
  • Prov 30:8 : 8 Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
  • Jer 17:11 : 11 As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
  • Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby you have transgressed; and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, O house of Israel?
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil: which while some coveted after, they have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    7The robbery of the wicked will destroy them, because they refuse to do justice.

  • Prov 26:27-28
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    27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

    28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Prov 1:18-19
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    18And they lie in wait for their own blood; they lurk secretly for their own lives.

    19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; it takes away the life of its owners.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 13:11
    74%

    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • Prov 17:20
    74%

    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 21:5
    73%

    5The thoughts of the diligent lead only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to poverty.

  • Prov 20:21
    73%

    21An inheritance may be gained hastily at the beginning, but its end shall not be blessed.

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

  • Prov 18:21
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    21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

  • Mic 6:12
    73%

    12For the rich men there are full of violence, the inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

  • Prov 12:19
    73%

    19The lip of truth will be established forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • Job 3:21
    72%

    21Who long for death, but it does not come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

  • Job 15:31
    72%

    31Let not him who is deceived trust in vanity, for emptiness shall be his recompense.

  • Prov 11:19
    72%

    19As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Prov 15:6
    72%

    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 14:23
    72%

    23In all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

  • Prov 19:9
    72%

    9A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall perish.

  • Prov 21:20
    72%

    20There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man spends it up.

  • Luke 12:21
    71%

    21So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  • Ps 10:7
    71%

    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  • Ps 120:3
    71%

    3What shall be given to you? Or what shall be done to you, you false tongue?

  • Prov 12:22
    71%

    22Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.

  • Eccl 5:10
    71%

    10He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.

  • Prov 20:14-15
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    71%

    14It is worthless, it is worthless, says the buyer; but when he has gone his way, then he boasts.

    15There is gold and a multitude of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

  • Prov 10:18
    70%

    18He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

  • Prov 10:20-21
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    70%

    20The tongue of the just is as choice silver, the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

    21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

  • Ps 39:6
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    6Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are troubled in vain: he heaps up riches, and does not know who shall gather them.

  • Jer 17:11
    70%

    11As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

  • Prov 6:19
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    19A false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks evil, it shall come to him.

  • Matt 6:19
    70%

    19Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,

  • Prov 15:4
    70%

    4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit.

  • Ps 31:18
    70%

    18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

  • Prov 6:26
    70%

    26For by means of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

  • Prov 15:27
    70%

    27He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

  • Prov 16:27
    70%

    27An ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is like a burning fire.

  • Ps 50:19
    70%

    19You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

  • Mic 6:10
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    10Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the short measure that is abominable?

  • Prov 28:22
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    22He who hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

  • Ps 12:2
    70%

    2They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

  • Jer 7:8
    70%

    8Behold, you trust in deceptive words that cannot profit.

  • Prov 21:25
    70%

    25The desire of the slothful kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

  • Prov 19:5
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    5A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall not escape.