Proverbs 28:21
To show partiality is not good, but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
In context
18 Whoever walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall. 19 Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty. 20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.
21 To show partiality is not good, but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong. 22 A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty will come upon him. 23 Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than he who flatters with his tongue. 24 Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “That is no transgression,” is a companion to a man who destroys.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 28:21 in the KJV
To have respect of persons is not good: For for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 28:21 in the NIV
To show partiality is not good— yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.