Parallel Verses
NET Bible
To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Holman Bible
yet a man may sin for a piece of bread.
International Standard Version
To show partiality isn't good, yet for a piece of bread the valiant will transgress.
A Conservative Version
To have respect of persons is not good, nor that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.
American Standard Version
To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.
Amplified
To have regard for one person over another and to show favoritism is not good,
Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
Bible in Basic English
It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.
Darby Translation
To have respect of persons is not good; but for a piece of bread will a man transgress.
Julia Smith Translation
To look upon faces is not good and for a morsel of bread the man will transgress.
King James 2000
To show partiality is not good: because for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{Showing partiality} [is] not good, and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.
Modern King James verseion
To have respect of persons is not good; yea, for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
To have respect of persons in judgment is not good: And why? He will do wrong; yea, even for a piece of bread.
New Heart English Bible
To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
The Emphasized Bible
To take note of faces in judgment , is not good, and, for a bit of bread, a man will transgress.
Webster
To have respect of persons is not good: for, for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
World English Bible
To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
Youngs Literal Translation
To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 28:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
20 A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished. 21 To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread. 22 The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him.
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Cross References
Ezekiel 13:19
You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. You have put to death people who should not die and kept alive those who should not live by your lies to my people, who listen to lies!
Proverbs 18:5
It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.
Proverbs 24:23
These sayings also are from the wise: To show partiality in judgment is terrible:
Exodus 23:2
"You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,
Exodus 23:8
"You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.
Hosea 4:18
They consume their alcohol, then engage in cult prostitution; they dearly love their shameful behavior.
Micah 3:5
This is what the Lord says: "The prophets who mislead my people are as good as dead. If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him.
Micah 7:3
They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.
Romans 16:18
For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive.
2 Peter 2:3
And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.