Proverbs 28:21

Tree of Life Version

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

Cross References

Exodus 23:2

“Do not follow a crowd to do evil. Nor are you to testify in a case, to follow a crowd and pervert justice.

Exodus 23:8

Take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Proverbs 18:5

Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.

Proverbs 24:23

These sayings are also from the wise: Partiality in judgment is not good.

Ezekiel 13:19

You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and crumbs of bread, to kill those who should not die and to save those who should not live, by lying to My people, who listen to lies.’”

Hosea 4:18

Their liquor has come to an end. They surely have practiced prostitution. Her rulers have deeply loved disgrace.

Micah 3:5

Thus said Adonai about the prophets who are misleading My people, those who bite with their teeth and cry “Shalom”—a word that He did not put in their mouth— yet they consecrate war against him:

Micah 7:3

Both hands are diligent at doing evil. The official and the judge ask for a bribe. The distinguished man utters a desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.

Romans 16:18

For such people do not serve our Lord the Messiah, but only their own belly. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

Deuteronomy 1:17

You must not show partiality in judgment —you must hear the small and the great alike. Fear no man, for the judgment is God’s. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me and I will hear it.’

2 Peter 2:3

In their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.