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Proverbs 28:21

To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Proverbs 28:21 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

    BBE

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

    DBY

  • To show partiality is not good; Yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

    WEB

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

    YLT

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

    ENG

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

    WBT

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

    BSB

In context

19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

21To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

22He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

23He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

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