Proverbs 28:21
To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
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Referenced Verses
- Ezek 13:19 : 19 Yea, ye pierce Me concerning My people, For handfuls of barley, And for pieces of bread, to put to death Souls that should not die, And to keep alive souls that should not live, By your lying to My people -- hearkening to lies.
- Prov 18:5 : 5 Acceptance of the face of the wicked `is' not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
- Prov 24:23 : 23 These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good.
- Exod 23:2 : 2 `Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause `others' to turn aside;
- Exod 23:8 : 8 `And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-`eyed', and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Hos 4:18 : 18 Sour `is' their drink, They have gone diligently a-whoring, Her protectors have loved shame thoroughly.
- Mic 3:5 : 5 Thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets Who are causing My people to err, Who are biting with their teeth, And have cried `Peace,' And he who doth not give unto their mouth, They have sanctified against him war.
- Mic 7:3 : 3 On the evil `are' both hands to do `it' well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.
- Rom 16:18 : 18 for such our Lord Jesus Christ do not serve, but their own belly; and through the good word and fair speech they deceive the hearts of the harmless,
- 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 and in covetousness, with moulded words, of you they shall make merchandise, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction doth not slumber.
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23 These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good.
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5 Acceptance of the face of the wicked `is' not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.
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9 and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors;
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22 Troubled for wealth `is' the man `with' an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
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19 That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands `are' all of them.
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11 For there is no acceptance of faces with God,
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19 Whoso is tilling his ground is satisfied `with' bread, And whoso is pursuing vanity, Is filled `with' poverty.
20 A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.
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6 Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,
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19 Thou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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25 and he who is doing unrighteously shall receive what he did unrighteously, and there is no acceptance of persons.
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10 He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces.
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15 `Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.
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1 My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 for if there may come into your synagogue a man with gold ring, in gay raiment, and there may come in also a poor man in vile raiment,
3 and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, `Thou -- sit thou here well,' and to the poor man may say, `Thou -- stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,' --
4 ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges.
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2 `Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause `others' to turn aside;
3 and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.
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9 The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
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21 Let me not, I pray you, accept the face of any, Nor unto man give flattering titles,
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6 Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.
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16 He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
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7 and now, let fear of Jehovah be upon you, observe and do, for there is not with Jehovah our God perverseness, and acceptance of faces, and taking of a bribe.'
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23 A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.
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17 ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;
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6 `Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife;
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27 Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
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8 Better `is' a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.
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23 An abomination to Jehovah `are' a stone and a stone, And balances of deceit `are' not good.
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1 A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold -- good grace.
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3 Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it `is' lying food.
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8 Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.
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31 An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
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21 An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.
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30 They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry,
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21 Also to all the words that they speak give not thy heart, that thou hear not thy servant reviling thee.
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9 Better `is' the lightly esteemed who hath a servant, Than the self-honoured who lacketh bread.
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8 `And a bribe thou dost not take; for the bribe bindeth the open-`eyed', and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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7 A man -- he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment,
8 In usury he doth not give, and increase taketh not, From perversity he turneth back his hand, True judgment he doth between man and man.
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23 Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.
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18 Lest Jehovah see, and `it be' evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.
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21 Causing men to sin in word, And for a reprover in the gate lay a snare, And turn aside into emptiness the righteous.
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16 A man -- he hath not oppressed, A pledge he hath not bound, And plunder he hath not taken away, His bread to the hungry he hath given, And the naked he covered with a garment,