Proverbs 28:21

New International Version

To show partiality is not good— yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.

Cross References

Exodus 23:2

“Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd,

Exodus 23:8

“Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to be partial to the wicked and so deprive the innocent of justice.

Proverbs 24:23

These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good:

Ezekiel 13:19

You have profaned me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live.

Hosea 4:18

Even when their drinks are gone, they continue their prostitution; their rulers dearly love shameful ways.

Micah 3:5

This is what the Lord says: “As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim ‘peace’ if they have something to eat, but prepare to wage war against anyone who refuses to feed them.

Micah 7:3

Both hands are skilled in doing evil; the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, the powerful dictate what they desire— they all conspire together.

Romans 16:18

For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.

Deuteronomy 1:17

Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.”

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.