Proverbs 28:21

WEB

²¹To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

KJV

²¹To have respect^[+] of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

BSB

²¹To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

FBV

²¹Showing favoritism isn't good, but some people will do wrong just for a piece of bread.

Extra References

Proverbs 24:23

²³These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Proverbs 18:5

⁵To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

¹⁹You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.’

Exodus 23:2

²“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.

Micah 7:3

³Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe. The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

Exodus 23:8

⁸“You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.

2 Peter 2:3

³In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will not slumber.

Hosea 4:18

¹⁸Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.

Romans 16:18

¹⁸For those who are such don’t serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

Micah 3:5

⁵The LORD says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray—for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, “Peace!” and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him: