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Proverbs 28:21 Cross-References
Explore 10 cross-references for Proverbs 28:21 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Proverbs chapter 28 verse 21 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.”
Proverbs 28:21 (KJV)
Commentary on Proverbs 28:21
To have respect of persons is not good (הַכֵּר־פָּנִים לֹא־טוֹב, hakker-panim lo-tov)—נָכַר פָּנִים (nakar panim, 'to recognize faces, show partiality') is לֹא־טוֹב (lo-tov, 'not good'). This Hebrew idiom for favoritism appears throughout Scripture (Leviticus 19:15, Deuteronomy 16:19). James 2:1-9 condemns partiality in the church; God Himself 'regardeth not persons' (Deuteronomy 10:17).For for a piece of bread that man will transgress (וְעַל־פַּת־לֶחֶם יִפְשַׁע־גָבֶר, ve'al-pat-lechem yifsha-gaver)—the second line reveals the danger: for a mere פַּת לֶחֶם (pat lechem, 'piece of bread, morsel'...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Proverbs 28:21
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“nor to deprive the innocent of justice.”
“to kill the souls who should not die”
“These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.”
“That they may do evil with both hands earnestly”
“Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:”
“they proclaim”
“Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love”
“and their destruction will not slumber.”
“Jesus Christ”