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Proverbs 21:6

Adam Clarke
Bible Commentary

Of them that seek death - Instead of מבקשי mebakshey, "them that seek," several MSS., some ancient editions, with Symmachus, the Septuagint, Vulgate, and Arabic, have מקשי mokeshey, the snares. He who gets treasures by a lying tongue, pursues vanity into the snares of death. Our common translation may be as good. But he who, by the snares of his tongue, endeavors to buy and sell to the best advantage, is pursuing what is empty in itself; and he is ensnared by death, while he is attempting to ensnare others.

Albert Barnes
Notes on the Whole Bible

Vanity - Or, “a breath driven to and fro of those that are seeking death.” Another reading of the last words is: “of the snares of death” (compare 1 Timothy 6:9). Some commentators have suggested that the “vapor” or “mist” is the mirage of the desert, misleading those who follow it, and becoming a “net of death.”

Ellen G. White
Education, 136

“Go not in the way of evil men;” “can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?” Proverbs 4:14; 6:28. Ed 136.1

“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise.” Proverbs 13:20. Ed 136.2

“A man that hath friends must show himself friendly.” Proverbs 18:24. Ed 136.3

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Ellen G. White
The Faith I Live By, 178.1

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. Proverbs 21:6. FLB 178.1

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