Proverbs 21:6

New International Version

⁶A fortune made by a lying tongue
is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.^[a]^(A)

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

Proverbs 21:6

New King James Version

⁶^(A)Getting treasures by a lying tongue
^[a]Is the fleeting fantasy of those who seek death.

Proverbs 21:6 LXX Pursue vanity on the snares of death; Vg. Is vain and foolish, and shall stumble on the snares of death; Tg. They shall be destroyed, and they shall fall who seek death

²⁸A false witness^(A) will perish,^(B)
but a careful listener will testify successfully.

²⁸A false witness shall perish,
But the man who hears him will speak endlessly.

New International Version (NIV)