Proverbs 28:21
To have respect of persons is not good: For for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
In context
18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. 19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: But he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. 20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
21 To have respect of persons is not good: For for a piece of bread that man will transgress. 22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, And considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. 23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour Than he that flattereth with the tongue. 24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; The same is the companion of a destroyer.
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- 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.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 28:21 in the ESV
To show partiality is not good, but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.