Proverbs 28:21
To haue respect of persons is not good: for that man will transgresse for a piece of bread.
Geneva Bible 1599
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
22A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.
Cross References
Exodus 23:2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do euil, neither agree in a controuersie to decline after many and ouerthrowe the trueth.
Deuteronomy 1:17Ye shall haue no respect of person in iudgement, but shall heare the small aswell as the great: yee shall not feare the face of man: for the iudgement is Gods: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring vnto me, and I will heare it.
Proverbs 24:23ALSO THESE THINGS PERTEINE TO THE WISE, It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.
Hosea 4:18Their drunkennes stinketh: they haue committed whoredome: their rulers loue to say with shame, Bring ye.
Micah 7:3To make good for the euil of their hands, the prince asked, and the iudge iudgeth for a reward: therefore the great man he speaketh out the corruption of his soule: so they wrapt it vp.
2 Peter 2:3And through couetousnes shall they with fained words make marchandise of you, whose condemnation long since resteth not, and their destruction slumbreth not.
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 →