Verse 21

To show partiality is not good, yet for a piece of bread, a man will transgress.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 13:19 : 19 You have profaned me among my people for 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 spared those who should not live.
  • Prov 18:5 : 5 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked or to subvert the justice of the righteous.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 These also belong to the wise: showing partiality in judgment is not good.
  • Exod 23:2 : 2 Do not follow the majority to do evil, and do not testify in a dispute to turn aside after the majority to pervert justice.
  • Exod 23:8 : 8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
  • Hos 4:18 : 18 Their drink has turned them aside; they persist in their immorality. They love shame more than their honor.
  • Mic 3:5 : 5 This is what the LORD says: "As for the prophets who lead my people astray, they proclaim peace when they have something to eat but prepare for war against those who do not feed them.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.
  • Rom 16:18 : 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery, they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 In their greed, they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.