Proverbs 28:21

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Proverbs 28:21

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Proverbs 28

¹⁹ The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

²⁰ A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.

²¹ To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

²² A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.

²³ He who rebukes a man will later find more favor than one who flatters with his tongue.

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