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Proverbs 28:21
To haue respect of persons is not good: for that man will transgresse for a piece of bread.
Proverbs 28:21 · Geneva 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 that walketh vprightly, shalbe saued: but he that is froward in his wayes, shall once fall.
19 He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, shall be filled with pouertie.
20 A faythfull man shall abound in blessings, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be innocent.
21 To haue respect of persons is not good: for that man will transgresse for a piece of bread.
22 A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.
23 He that rebuketh a man, shall finde more fauour at length, then he that flattereth with his tongue.
24 Hee that robbeth his father and mother, and sayth, It is no transgression, is the companion of a man that destroyeth.
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