Proverbs 28:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

To haue respect of persons is not good: for that man will transgresse for a piece of bread.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 13:19 : 19 And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barly, and for pieces of bread to slay the soules of them that shoulde not dye, and to giue life to the soules that should not liue in lying to my people, that heare your lies?
  • Prov 18:5 : 5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.
  • Prov 24:23 : 23 Also these things perteine to the wise, It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.
  • Exod 23:2 : 2 Thou shalt not followe a multitude to do euil, neither agree in a controuersie to decline after many and ouerthrowe the trueth.
  • Exod 23:8 : 8 Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.
  • Hos 4:18 : 18 Their drunkennes stinketh: they haue committed whoredome: their rulers loue to say with shame, Bring ye.
  • Mic 3:5 : 5 Thus saith the Lorde, Concerning the prophets that deceiue my people, and bite them with their teeth, and cry peace, but if a man put not into their mouthes, they prepare warre against him,
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 To make good for the euil of their hands, the prince asked, and the iudge iudgeth for a reward: therefore the great man he speaketh out the corruption of his soule: so they wrapt it vp.
  • Rom 16:18 : 18 For they that are such, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christ, but their owne bellies, and with faire speech and flattering deceiue the heartes of the simple.
  • 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through couetousnes shall they with fained words make marchandise of you, whose condemnation long since resteth not, and their destruction slumbreth not.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 24:23
    82%

    23Also these things perteine to the wise, It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.

  • Prov 18:5
    79%

    5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to cause ye righteous to fall in iudgement.

  • Jas 2:9
    78%

    9But if yee regarde the persons, yee commit sinne, and are rebuked of the Lawe, as transgressours.

  • Prov 28:22
    78%

    22A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.

  • Job 34:19
    77%

    19How much lesse to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, & regardeth not the rich, more then the poore? for they be all the worke of his handes.

  • Rom 2:11
    77%

    11For there is no respect of persons with God.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, shall be filled with pouertie.

    20A faythfull man shall abound in blessings, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be innocent.

  • Prov 23:6
    75%

    6Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.

  • Deut 16:19
    75%

    19Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, & peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.

  • Col 3:25
    75%

    25But he that doeth wrong, shall receiue for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

  • Job 13:10
    74%

    10He will surely reprooue you, if ye doe secretly accept any person.

  • Lev 19:15
    74%

    15Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement. Thou shalt not fauour the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie, but thou shalt iudge thy neighbour iustly.

  • Jas 2:1-4
    4 verses
    73%

    1My brethren, haue not the faith of our glorious Lorde Iesus Christ in respect of persons.

    2For if there come into your copany a man with a golde ring, and in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile raiment,

    3And ye haue a respect to him that weareth the gaie clothing; and say vnto him, Sit thou here in a goodly place, and say vnto the poore, Stand thou there, or sit here vnder my footestoole,

    4Are yee not partiall in your selues, and are become iudges of euill thoughts?

  • Exod 23:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Thou shalt not followe a multitude to do euil, neither agree in a controuersie to decline after many and ouerthrowe the trueth.

    3Thou shalt not esteeme a poore man in his cause.

  • Prov 22:9
    72%

    9He that hath a good eye, he shalbe blessed: for he giueth of his bread vnto the poore.

  • Job 32:21
    72%

    21I will not now accept the person of man, neyther will I giue titles to man.

  • Prov 28:6
    71%

    6Better is the poore that walketh in his vprightnesse, then hee that peruerteth his wayes, though he be riche.

  • Prov 22:16
    71%

    16Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.

  • 2 Chr 19:7
    71%

    7Wherefore nowe let the feare of the Lorde be vpon you: take heede, and do it: for there is no iniquitie with the Lord our God, neither respect of persons, nor receiuing of reward.

  • Prov 17:23
    71%

    23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

  • Deut 1:17
    71%

    17Ye shal haue no respect of person in iudgement, but shall heare the small aswell as the great: yee shall not feare the face of man: for the iudgemet is Gods: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring vnto me, and I will heare it.

  • Exod 23:6
    71%

    6Thou shalt not ouerthrowe the right of thy poore in his sute.

  • Prov 28:27
    70%

    27He that giueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke: but he that hideth his eyes, shall haue many curses.

  • Prov 16:8
    70%

    8Better is a litle with righteousnesse, then great reuenues without equitie.

  • Prov 20:23
    70%

    23Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.

  • Prov 22:1
    70%

    1A good name is to be chosen aboue great riches, and louing fauour is aboue siluer and aboue golde.

  • Prov 23:3
    70%

    3Be not desirous of his deintie meates: for it is a deceiuable meate.

  • Prov 28:8
    70%

    8He that increaseth his riches by vsurie and interest, gathereth them for him that will be mercifull vnto the poore.

  • Prov 14:31
    70%

    31He that oppresseth the poore, reprooueth him that made him: but hee honoureth him, that hath mercie on the poore.

  • Prov 20:21
    70%

    21An heritage is hastely gotten at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

  • Prov 6:30
    70%

    30Men do not despise a thiefe, when he stealeth, to satisfie his soule, because he is hungrie.

  • Eccl 7:21
    70%

    21(7:23) Giue not thine heart also to all ye wordes that men speake, lest thou doe heare thy seruant cursing thee.

  • Prov 28:3
    70%

    3A poore man, if he oppresse the poore, is like a raging raine, that leaueth no foode.

  • Prov 13:15
    69%

    15Good vnderstanding maketh acceptable: but the way of the disobedient is hated.

  • Prov 23:1
    69%

    1When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee,

  • Ps 15:4
    69%

    4In whose eyes a vile person is contemned, but he honoureth them that feare the Lord: he that sweareth to his owne hinderance & changeth not.

  • Prov 19:1
    69%

    1Better is ye poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, & is a foole.

  • Prov 12:9
    69%

    9He that is despised, & is his owne seruant, is better then he that boasteth himselfe and lacketh bread.

  • Exod 23:8
    69%

    8Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.

  • Ezek 18:7-8
    2 verses
    69%

    7Neither hath oppressed any, but hath restored the pledge to his dettour: he that hath spoyled none by violence, but hath giuen his bread to the hungry, and hath couered the naked with a garment,

    8And hath not giuen foorth vpon vsurie, neither hath taken any increase, but hath withdrawen his hand from iniquitie, and hath executed true iudgement betweene man and man,

  • Prov 13:23
    69%

    23Much foode is in the fielde of the poore: but the fielde is destroyed without discretion.

  • Prov 24:18
    69%

    18Least the Lorde see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.

  • Isa 29:21
    69%

    21Which made a man to sinne in ye worde, and tooke him in a snare: which reproued them in the gate, and made the iust to fall without cause.

  • Ezek 18:16
    69%

    16Neither hath oppressed any, nor hath withholden the pledge, neither hath spoyled by violence, but hath giuen his bread to the hungry, and hath couered the naked with a garment,