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


In Context

18 Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

19 One who works his land will have an abundance of food; but one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

20 A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is 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 hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

23 One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor than one who flatters 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 American Standard 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 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 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.