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Proverbs 28:21

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

KJV

Qui cognoscit in judicio faciem non bene facit ; iste et pro buccella panis deserit veritatem.

Vulgate

ὃς οὐκ αἰσχύνεται πρόσωπα δικαίων οὐκ ἀγαθός, ὁ τοιοῦτος ψωμοῦ ἄρτου ἀποδώσεται ἄνδρα.

LXX

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

ASV

הַֽכֵּר פָּנִ֥ים לֹא ט֑וֹב וְ/עַל פַּת לֶ֝֗חֶם יִפְשַׁע גָּֽבֶר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גֶ֣בֶר
gbr
noun · 65×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
יַּכֵּ֤ר
ykr
verb · 50×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
פַּת
pt
noun · 15×
פָּשַׁ֣ע
psh'
verb · 40×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 2:3 — And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
  • Exod 23:2 — Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
  • Exod 23:8 — And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
  • Ezek 13:19 — And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my peop
  • Ezek 13:19 — And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my peop
  • Hos 4:18 — Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
  • Jas 2:1 — My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
  • Jude 1:16 — These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
  • Mic 3:5 — Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
  • Mic 7:3 — That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
  • Prov 18:5 — It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
  • Prov 18:5 — It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
  • Prov 24:23 — These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
  • Prov 24:23 — These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
  • Rom 16:18 — For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.