“Do not follow a crowd to do evil. Nor are you to testify in a case, to follow a crowd and pervert justice.
Proverbs 28:21 - Tree of Life Version To show partiality is not good— yet for a piece of bread a man may do wrong. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 To have respect of persons is not good: For for a piece of bread that man will transgress. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition To have respect of persons and to show partiality is not good, neither is it good that man should transgress for a piece of bread. American Standard Version (1901) To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread. Common English Bible Those who show favoritism aren’t good; people do wrong for a crust of bread. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever shows favoritism in judgment does not do well; even if it is for a morsel of bread, he forsakes the truth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that hath respect to a person in judgment, doth not well: such a man even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the truth. |
“Do not follow a crowd to do evil. Nor are you to testify in a case, to follow a crowd and pervert justice.
Take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight, and perverts the words of the righteous.
Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
These sayings are also from the wise: Partiality in judgment is not good.
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.’”
Their liquor has come to an end. They surely have practiced prostitution. Her rulers have deeply loved disgrace.
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:
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.
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.
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.’
In their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction does not slumber.