Zhēnyán 21:6

6 Yòng guǐzhà zhī shé qiú cái de , jiù shì zìjǐ qǔ sǐ . suǒ dé zhī cái , nǎi shì chuī lái chuī qù de fú yún .

Zhēnyán 21:6 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 21:6

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
By telling lies in trade; by bearing false witness in a court of judicature; or by preaching false doctrines in the church of God: [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death:
such treasures, though ever so great, are like any light thing, smoke or vapour, straw, stubble, chaff, or a feather, tossed about the wind; which is expressive of the instability uncertainty of riches ill gotten; they do not last long, but are taken away and carried off by one providence or another; and they are likewise harmful and pernicious; they issue in death: and those that seek after them, and obtain them in a bad way, are said to "seek death": not intentionally, but eventually; this they certainly find, if grace prevent not; see ( Proverbs 8:36 ) . Jarchi reads it, they are the "snares of death" to him; and so the Septuagint version.

Zhēnyán 21:6 In-Context

4 È rén fā dá , yǎn gāo xīn ào , zhè nǎi shì zuì . ( fā dá yuánwén shì dēng )

5 Yīnqín chóu huà de , zú zhì fēng yù . xíngshì jízào de , dōu bì quē fá .

6 Yòng guǐzhà zhī shé qiú cái de , jiù shì zìjǐ qǔ sǐ . suǒ dé zhī cái , nǎi shì chuī lái chuī qù de fú yún .

7 È rén de qiángbào , bìjiāng zìjǐ sǎo chú . yīn tāmen bù kĕn àn gōngping xíngshì .

8 Fù zuì zhī rén de lù , shén shì wānqū . zhìyú qīngjié de rén , tā suǒ xíng de nǎi shì zhèngzhí .