Proverbs 28:21
Good News Translation
Prejudice is wrong. But some judges will do wrong to get even the smallest bribe.

New Revised Standard Version
To show partiality is not good— yet for a piece of bread a person may do wrong.

Contemporary English Version
It isn't right to be unfair, but some people can be bribed with only a piece of bread.

New American Bible
To show partiality is never good: for even a morsel of bread one may do wrong.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

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Proverbs 18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.

Proverbs 24:23 These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment.

Exodus 23:2,8 Thou shalt not follow the multitude to do evil: neither shalt thou yield in judgment, to the opinion of the most part, to stray from the truth. . . .

Ezekiel 13:19 And they violated me among my people, for a handful of barley, and a piece of bread, to kill souls which should not die, and to save souls alive which should not live, telling lies to my people that believe lies.

Hosea 4:18 Their banquet is separated, they have gone astray by fornication: they that should have protected them have loved to bring shame upon them.

Micah 3:5 Then shall they cry to the Lord, and he will not hear them: and he will hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved wickedly in their devices.

Micah 7:3 The evil of their hands they call good: the prince requireth, and the judge is for giving: and the great man hath uttered the desire of his soul, and they have troubled it.

Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not Christ our Lord but their own belly: and by pleasing speeches and good words seduce the hearts of the innocent.

2 Peter 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 perdition slumbereth not.

Context
The Boldness of the Righteous
20A faithful man shall be much praised: but he that maketh haste to be rich, shall not be innocent. 21He that hath respect to a person in judgment, doth not well: such a man even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the truth.22A man that maketh haste to be rich, and envieth others, is ignorant that poverty shall come upon him.…
Cross References
Proverbs 18:5
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.

Proverbs 24:23
These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment.

Ezekiel 13:19
And they violated me among my people, for a handful of barley, and a piece of bread, to kill souls which should not die, and to save souls alive which should not live, telling lies to my people that believe lies.

Proverbs 28:20
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