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Proverbs 28:21
To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
Proverbs 28:21 · Berean Standard Bible
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Proverbs 28:21 in other translations
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
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In context
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.
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