Proverbs 28:21
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Updated King James 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
22He that hastes to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come upon him.
Cross References
Exodus 23:2You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you speak in a cause to decline after many to shift judgment:
Deuteronomy 1:17All of you shall not respect persons in judgment; but all of you shall hear the small as well as the great; all of you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Proverbs 24:23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Hosea 4:18Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give all of you.
Micah 7:3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man, he utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
2 Peter 2:3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words (o. logos) make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingers not, and their damnation slumbers 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 →