Proverbs 21:6
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 21
“The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.”Proverbs 21:6
What Does Proverbs 21:6 Mean?
Proverbs 21:6 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 21, verse 6 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 18 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (18)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 21:6 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 30:8“Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:”Proverbs 13:11“Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.”Proverbs 10:2“Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.”Proverbs 16:8“Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.”Jeremiah 17:11“As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.”Proverbs 20:21“An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.”Proverbs 8:36“But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.”1 Timothy 6:9“But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.”Proverbs 20:14“It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.”Proverbs 22:8“He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.”Micah 6:10“Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?”2 Peter 2:3“And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.”Psalms 10:7“His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.”Ephesians 4:25“Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”Isaiah 10:14“And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.”Titus 1:11“Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.”Proverbs 4:7“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.”Ezekiel 18:31“Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?”
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