John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 6. The getting of treasures by a lying tongue , etc.] By telling lies in trade; by bearing false witness in a court of judicature; or by preaching false doctrines in the church of God: [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death : such treasures, though ever so great, are like any light thing, smoke or vapour, straw, stubble, chaff, or a feather, tossed about the wind; which is expressive of the instability uncertainty of riches ill gotten; they do not last long, but are taken away and carried off by one providence or another; and they are likewise harmful and pernicious; they issue in death: and those that seek after them, and obtain them in a bad way, are said to “seek death”: not intentionally, but eventually; this they certainly find, if grace prevent not; see ( Proverbs 8:36). Jarchi reads it, they are the “snares of death” to him; and so the Septuagint version.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6 - While men seek wealth by unlawful practices, they seek death.
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