| Geneva Study Bible The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. Wesley's Notes 21:6 Lying tongue - By any false or deceitful words or actions. Is tossed - Is like the chaff or smoak driven away by the wind. Of them - That take those courses which will bring destruction upon them. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 6. The getting-or, "what is obtained" (compare Job 7:2; Jer 22:13, Hebrew). vanity . to and fro-as fleeting as chaff or stubble in the wind (compare Pr 20:17-21; Ps 62:10). Such gettings are unsatisfactory. them . death-act as if they did (Pr 8:36; 17:19). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 21:1 The believer, perceiving that the Lord rules every heart as he sees fit, like the husbandman who turns the water through his grounds as he pleases, seeks to have his own heart, and the hearts of others, directed in his faith, fear, and love. 2. We are partial in judging ourselves and our actions. 3. Many deceive themselves with a conceit that outward devotions will excuse unrighteousness. 4. Sin is the pride, the ambition, the glory, the joy, and the business of wicked men. 5. The really diligent employ foresight as well as labour. 6. While men seek wealth by unlawful practices, they seek death. 7. Injustice will return upon the sinner, and will destroy him here and for ever. 8. The way of mankind by nature is froward and strange. | 
