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Proverbs 28:21

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 28:21 in other translations

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

Proverbs 28:21 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 28:21 in context

  1. 19One who works his land will have an abundance of food;
    but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
  2. 20A faithful man is rich with blessings;
    but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
  3. 21To show partiality is not good;
    yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
  4. 22A stingy man hurries after riches,
    and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.
  5. 23One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
    than one who flatters with the tongue.