Proverbs 21:6
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death."
Word-by-Word Analysis
קִנְיָן
qinyân
creation, i.e. (concretely) creatures; also acquisition, purchase, wealth
שֶׁקֶר
sheqer
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
לָשׁוֹן
lâshôwn
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,...
הֶבֶל
hebel
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
נָדֻד
nâdud
properly, tossed; abstractly, a rolling (on the bed)
שׁוּט
shûwṭ
properly, to push forth; (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e. (the sea with oars) to row; by implication, to travel
בָּקַשׁ
bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Key Terms in This Verse
קִנְיָן qinyân
creation, i.e. (concretely) creatures; also acquisition, purchase, wealth
Study H7075 →שׁוּט shûwṭ
properly, to push forth; (but used only figuratively) to lash, i.e. (the sea with oars) to row; by implication, to travel
Study H7751 →הֶבֶל hebel
emptiness or vanity; figuratively, something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb
Study H1892 →לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn
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)
Study H3956 →בָּקַשׁ bâqash
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
Study H1245 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →Cross References
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
As 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.
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
And 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.
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
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