This shows the folly of those that hope to enrich themselves by
dishonest practices, by oppressing and over-reaching those with whom
they deal, by false-witness-bearing, or by fraudulent contracts, of
those that make no scruples of lying when there is any thing to be got
by it. They may perhaps heap up treasures by these means, that which
they make their treasure; but, 1. They will not meet with the
satisfaction they expect. It is a vanity tossed to and fro; it will be
disappointment and vexation of spirit to them; they will not have the
comfort of it, nor can they put any confidence in it, but will be
perpetually uneasy. It will be tossed to and fro by their own
consciences, and by the censures of men; let them expect to be in a
constant hurry. 2. They will meet with destruction they do not expect.
While they are seeking wealth by such unlawful practices they are
really seeking death; they lay themselves open to the envy and ill-will
of men by the treasures they get, and to the wrath and curse of God, by
the lying tongue wherewith they get them, which he will make to fall
upon themselves and sink them to hell.