Proverbs 28:21 “To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of…”

Proverbs 28:21

To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

World English Bible

To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

American Standard Version

To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.

Geneva Bible 1599

To haue respect of persons is not good: for that man will transgresse for a piece of bread.

Darby Translation

To have respect of persons is not good; but for a piece of bread will a man transgress.

Young's Literal Translation

To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

Bible in Basic English

It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

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Cross references

“respect”

Proverbs 18:5 Proverbs 24:23 Exodus 23:2 Exodus 23:8

Proverbs 18:5 · BSB

Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.

Proverbs 24:23 · BSB

These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Exodus 23:2 · BSB

You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

Exodus 23:8 · BSB

Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

“for”

Ezekiel 13:19 Micah 7:3 Hosea 4:18 Micah 3:5 Romans 16:18 2 Peter 2:3

Ezekiel 13:19 · BSB

You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.

Micah 7:3 · BSB

Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

Hosea 4:18 · BSB

When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

Micah 3:5 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:

Romans 16:18 · BSB

For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

2 Peter 2:3 · BSB

In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

22A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.

Read Proverbs 28