6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 21:6
The LORD Weighs the Heart: Justice, Righteousness, Pride, Diligence, and the Limits of Human Strength
The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over kings and hearts, to justice over sacrifice, to diligence and dishonest gain, to household conflict and wicked desire, to mercy and justice, to speech, generosity, false witness, and finally to the LORD's supremacy over every human plan and battle.
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Verse 6
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Makingפֹּ֣עַלH6467Noun - masculine singular constructa fortuneא֭וֹצָרוֹתH214Noun - masculine pluralby a lyingשָׁ֑קֶרH8267Noun - masculine singulartongueבִּלְשׁ֣וֹןH3956Preposition-b | Noun - common singular constructis a vanishingנִ֝דָּ֗ףH5086Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singularmistהֶ֥בֶלH1892Noun - masculine singulara deadlyמָֽוֶת׃H4194Noun - masculine singularpursuitמְבַקְשֵׁי־H1245Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct