Proverbs 28:21

Modern English Version

To show partiality is not good, but for a piece of bread will a man transgress.

Cross References

Exodus 23:2

You must not follow the masses to do evil, and do not testify in a dispute that agrees with the crowd to pervert justice.

Exodus 23:8

You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to favor the wicked, to subvert the righteous in judgment.

Proverbs 24:23

These also are sayings of the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.

Ezekiel 13:19

And you pollute Me among My people for handfuls of barley and pieces of bread to slay the souls of those who should not die and to save the souls alive of those who should not live by your lying to My people who hear your lies.

Hosea 4:18

Their drink has soured, they have played the whore continually. Her rulers dearly love shame.

Micah 3:5

Thus says the Lord: Regarding the prophets who mislead My people — the ones who have something to eat proclaim “Peace,” but if one does not feed them, then they prepare for war against him.

Micah 7:3

Both hands are upon evil, to do it well. The prince and the judge request the bribe, the powerful asserts the craving of his very soul— they intertwine together.

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites, and through smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

Deuteronomy 1:17

You shall not show partiality in judgment, but you shall hear the small as well as the great. You shall not be afraid in any man’s presence, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring it to me, and I will hear it.”

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their judgment, made long ago, does not linger, and their destruction does not slumber.