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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:6 Or a breath blown away
  2. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg read a snare of death
  3. Proverbs 21:6 Lit is vanity, ones seeking death

Those who gain treasure with lies
    are like a drifting fog, leading to death.

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28 A lying witness will perish,(A)
but the one who listens will speak successfully.

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28 A lying witness will perish,
    but one who listens will testify successfully.

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