Bible verse

Proverbs 28:21

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

Proverbs 28:21 · BSB

Proverbs 28:21 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 28.

17 A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.

18 He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.

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.

24 He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.

25 A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

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Proverbs 28:21 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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