Proverbs 28:21
To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
World English Bible British
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 faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
22A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.
Cross References
Exodus 23:2“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.
Deuteronomy 1:17You shall not show partiality in judgement; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgement is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.”
Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgement is not good.
Hosea 4:18Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.
Micah 7:3Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe. The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
2 Peter 2:3In covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words: whose sentence now from of old doesn’t linger, and their destruction will 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 →