Bible in Basic English
"He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death."
— Proverbs 21:6, Bible in Basic English
“The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.”
“The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death. ”
“Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.”
“Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.”
“He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.”
“The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.”
To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.
A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.
The purposes of the man of industry have their outcome only in wealth; but one who is over-quick in acting will only come to be in need.
He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.
By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.
Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.
It is better to be living in an angle of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house.