Proverbs 28:21

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

[It] is not good to discern faces, || And a man transgresses for a piece of bread.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

He that hath respect to a person in judgment, doth not well: such a man even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the truth.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

He that reverences not the persons of the just is not good: such a one will sell a man for a morsel of bread.

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Original-language editions

WLC

הַֽכֵּר־פָּנִ֥ים לֹא־ט֑וֹב וְעַל־פַּת־לֶ֝֗חֶם יִפְשַׁע־גָּֽבֶר׃

LXX-Br

Ὃς οὐκ αἰσχύνεται πρόσωπα δικαίων, οὐκ ἀγαθὸς, ὁ τοιοῦτος ψωμοῦ ἄρτου ἀποδώσεται ἄνδρα.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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:
• Exodus 23:8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
• 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.
• Hosea 4:18When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

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