Proverbs 28:21
[It] is not good to discern faces, || And a man transgresses for a piece of bread.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
In Context
20A steadfast man has multiplied blessings, || And whoever is hastening to be rich is not acquitted.
22The man [with] an evil eye [is] troubled for wealth, || And he does not know that want meets him.
Cross References
Exodus 23:2You are not after many to [do] evil, nor do you testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause [others] to turn aside;
Deuteronomy 1:17you do not discern faces in judgment; you hear the little as well as the great; you are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God’s, and the thing which is too hard for you, you bring near to me, and I have heard it.
Proverbs 24:23These are also for the wise: [It] is not good to discern faces in judgment.
Hosea 4:18Sour [is] their drink, || They have gone whoring diligently, || Her protectors have thoroughly loved shame.
Micah 7:3On the evil [are] both hands to do [it] well, || The prince is asking—also the judge—for repayment, || And the great—he is speaking the mischief of his soul, || And they wrap it up.
2 Peter 2:3and in covetousness, with forged words, they will make merchandise of you, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:21
20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. Here, 1. We are directed in the true way to be happy, and that is to be holy and honest. He that is faithful to God and man shall be blessed of the Lord, and he shall abound with blessings of the upper and nether springs. Men shall praise him, and pray for him, and be ready to do him any kindness. He shall abound in doing good, and shall himself be a blessing to the place where he lives. Usefulness shall be… Read the whole commentary →