King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 21:6
“The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 21
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.
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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.
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The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.