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·Wealth [L Those who work for treasures] that comes from ·telling lies [L a lying tongue]
·vanishes like a mist [pursues vapor/meaninglessness/emptiness] and ·leads to [seeks] death.

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Acquiring treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the seeking and pursuit of death.

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A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death

23 Those who ·are careful about what they say [L guard their mouth and tongue]
·keep themselves out of [guard themselves from] trouble.

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23 
He who guards his mouth and his tongue
Guards himself from troubles.(A)

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23 Those who guard their mouths(A) and their tongues
    keep themselves from calamity.(B)

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