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Proverbs 28:21
Proverbs 28:21 is verse 21 of Proverbs chapter 28, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
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.
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Proverbs 28:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
21 To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
22 A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
23 He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 18:5Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
Exodus 23:2You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
Exodus 23:8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
Ezekiel 13:19You 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.
Hosea 4:18When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.
Micah 3:5This 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:
Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
Romans 16:18For 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 2:3In 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.