21To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.


In Context

18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; 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 unpunished.

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

22 he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.

23 He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Proverbs 28:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:21To have respect of persons [is] not good: for for a piece of bread [that] man will transgress.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:21To show partiality is not good- yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:21He that hath respect to a person in judgment, doth not well: such a man even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the truth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:21To have respect of persons is not good; but for a piece of bread will a man transgress.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:21To have respect of persons is not good: neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:21To have respect of persons is not good: for, for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:21To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:21To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:21To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.