Proverbs 21:6

1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:9; 2 Peter 2:3; Ezekiel 18:31; Jeremiah 17:11; Proverbs 10:2; Proverbs 13:11; Proverbs 20:14; Proverbs 20:21; Proverbs 22:8; Proverbs 30:8; Proverbs 8:36; Titus 1:11

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 21:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Vanity - Or, “a breath driven to and fro of those that are seeking death.” Another reading of the last words is: “of the snares of death” (compar...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 21:1 . watercourses: not the natural brooks and wadys of Palestine, but the artificial irrigation canals of Egypt or Babylonia, which cou...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. Of them that seek death - Instead of מבקשי mebaks...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue— He who gathers treasures by a deceitful tongue, pursues vain things. He shall be driven into the snare...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. The 'watercourses' (RV) are the artificial irrigation channels of Egypt and Babylon ( Isaiah 58:11 ).
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

By a very slight alteration of the Hebrew text we get the greatly improved rendering of RM, 'Is a vapour driven to and fro; they are snares of deat...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. — Rather, is (as) the driven (fleeting) breath of those who are seeking death. They ar...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 22 WINE "He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich."- Proverbs 21:17 THE Septuagint t...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 21:4 . The "lamp" of a man's life is his spirit. Where that is exalted and manifests itself in the high look and the proud heart, the...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrif...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. Ver. 6. The getting of treasures by a lying...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The thoughts of the diligent Who carefully and industriously prosecutes what he hath wisely contrived and resolved; tend only to plenteousness To...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. This shows the folly of those...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

By a lying tongue; by false witness-hearing, or by any other false or deceitful words or actions, whereby many men get riches. Is a vanity tossed...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 21:5 . Thoughts , rather the counsels , the calculatings . Proverbs 21:6 . Vanity tossed to and fro . Rather a fl...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 21:1 . The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord; as the rivers of water, he turneth it whithersoever he will. The allusion is probably...
The Biblical Illustrator

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity. Dishonesty I. The evil of dishonesty. 1. A breach of the law of God. 2. An invasi...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water. We are to think of the little channels used...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 6. The getting of treasures by a lying tongue, by means of misrepresentations and concealment of the truth, is a vanity tossed to and fro of th...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Lying tongue — By any false or deceitful words or actions. Is tossed — Is like the chaff or smoak driven away by the wind. Of them — That take thos...

⁶ The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 21:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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