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Proverbs 21:6

Money and wealthIntegrityTruth and honesty

4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

5 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.

7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

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BSB
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
KJV
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
WEB
Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.
ASV
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
DARBY
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.
BLB
Working [for] treasures by a tongue of deception is a vapor driven away [of those] seeking death.
ÅB
Rikdom som vinnes ved svikefull tunge, er et pust som blir borte i luften, og den fører til døden.
OTB
Å skaffe seg rikdom gjennom en løgnaktig tunge er en flyktig damp og en dødelig felle.
B1930
Rikdom som vinnes ved svikefull tunge, er et pust som blir borte i luften, og den fører til døden.

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