Proverbs 21:6-8

Christian Standard Bible

⁶ Making a fortune through a lying tongue
is a vanishing mist,^[a] a pursuit of death.^[b][c](A)

⁷ The violence of the wicked sweeps them away
because they refuse to act justly.

⁸ A guilty one’s conduct is crooked,^(B)
but the behavior of the innocent is upright.^(C)