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Proverbs 28:21 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 28 · verse 21
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.Proverbs 28:21 · King James Version
Proverbs 28:21 in context
19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
21To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
22He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
23He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- respectnâkarproperly, to scrutinizeH5234 →
- personspânîymthe faceH6440 →
- piecepatha bitH6595 →
- breadlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
- goodṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
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Note, 1. It is a fundamental error in the administration of justice, and that which cannot but lead men to abundance of transgression, to consider the parties concerned more than the merits of the cause, so as to favour one because he is a gentleman, a scholar, my countryman, my old acquaintance, has formerly done me…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary