Proverbi 21:6

6 I tesori acquistati con lingua bugiarda sono un soffio fugace di gente che cerca la morte.

Proverbi 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.

Proverbi 21:6 In-Context

4 Gli occhi alteri e il cuor gonfio, lucerna degli empi, sono peccato.

5 I disegni dell’uomo diligente menano sicuramente all’abbondanza, ma chi troppo s’affretta non fa che cader nella miseria.

6 I tesori acquistati con lingua bugiarda sono un soffio fugace di gente che cerca la morte.

7 La violenza degli empi li porta via, perché rifiutano di praticare l’equità.

8 La via del colpevole è tortuosa, ma l’innocente opera con rettitudine.