Go
Articles on

Proverbs 21

Prov. 21:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
6
Thez getting
po`al (Hebrew #6467)
an act or work (concretely)
KJV usage: act, deed, do, getting, maker, work.
Pronounce: po'-al
Origin: from 6466
of treasures
'owtsar (Hebrew #214)
a depository
KJV usage: armory, cellar, garner, store(-house), treasure(-house) (-y).
Pronounce: o-tsaw'
Origin: from 686
by a lying
sheqer (Hebrew #8267)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Pronounce: sheh'-ker
Origin: from 8266
tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
is a vanity
hebel (Hebrew #1892)
from 1891; emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
KJV usage: X altogether, vain, vanity.
Pronounce: heh'bel
Origin: or (rarely in the abs.) habel {hab-ale'}
tossed to and fro of
nadaph (Hebrew #5086)
to shove asunder, i.e. disperse
KJV usage: drive (away, to and fro), thrust down, shaken, tossed to and fro.
Pronounce: naw-daf'
Origin: a primitive root
them that seek
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
death
maveth (Hebrew #4194)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
KJV usage: (be) dead((-ly)), death, die(-d).
Pronounce: maw'-veth
Origin: from 4191
.
z
2 Peter 2:3• 3And 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. (2 Peter 2:3)

More on:

+
Death

Cross References

+
getting.
Prov. 10:2• 2Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. (Prov. 10:2)
;
Prov. 13:11• 11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labor shall increase. (Prov. 13:11)
;
Prov. 20:14,21• 14It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
 21An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. (Prov. 20:14,21)
;
Prov. 22:8• 8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. (Prov. 22:8)
;
Prov. 30:8• 8Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: (Prov. 30:8)
;
Jer. 17:11• 11As 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. (Jer. 17:11)
;
1 Tim. 6:9‑10• 9But 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.
 10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (1 Tim. 6:9‑10)
;
Titus 1:11• 11Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. (Titus 1:11)
;
2 Peter 2:3• 3And 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. (2 Peter 2:3)
seek.
Prov. 8:36• 36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. (Prov. 8:36)
;
Ezek. 18:31• 31Cast 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? (Ezek. 18:31)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
6
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting breath of them that seek death.