Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Respect
Bible References
Respect
Proverbs 18:5 It is not good to show partiality to the guilty
by perverting the justice due the innocent.
by perverting the justice due the innocent.
Proverbs 24:23 These sayings also belong to the wise:
It is not good to show partiality in judgment.
Exodus 23:2
“You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert justice.
For
Ezekiel 13:19
You profane Me in front of My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread; you kill those who should not die and spare those who should not live, when you lie to My people, who listen to lies.
Hosea 4:18 When their drinking is over,
they turn to promiscuity.
Israel’s leaders fervently love disgrace.
they turn to promiscuity.
Israel’s leaders
Micah 3:5 This is what the Lord says
concerning the prophets
who lead my people astray,
who proclaim peace
when they have food to sink their teeth into
but declare war against the one
who puts nothing in their mouths.
concerning the prophets
who lead my people astray,
who proclaim
when they have food to sink their teeth into
but declare war against the one
who puts nothing in their mouths.
Micah 7:3 Both hands are good at accomplishing evil:
the official and the judge demand a bribe;
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.
the official and the judge demand a bribe;
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.
Romans 16:18
for such people do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites. They deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting with smooth talk and flattering words.
2 Peter 2:3
They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.