THEOSISProverbs 28:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He that hath respect to a person in judgment, doth not well: such a man even for a morsel of bread forsaketh the truth.
הַֽכֵּר־פָּנִ֥ים לֹא־ט֑וֹב וְעַל־פַּת־לֶ֝֗חֶם יִפְשַׁע־גָּֽבֶר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 24:23These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment.
- Ezek 13:19And they violated me among my people, for a handful of barley, and a piece of bread, to kill souls which should not die, and to save souls alive which should not live, telling lies to my people that believe lies.
- Prov 18:5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.
- Ex 23:8Neither shalt thou take bribes, which even blind the wise, and pervert the words of the just.
- Ex 23:2Thou shalt not follow the multitude to do evil: neither shalt thou yield in judgment, to the opinion of the most part, to stray from the truth.
- Mic 3:5Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err: that bite with their teeth, and preach peace: and if a man give not something into their mouth, they prepare war against him.
- 2 Pet 2:3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you. Whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not: and their perdition slumbereth not.
- Mic 7:3The evil of their hands they call good: the prince requireth, and the judge is for giving: and the great man hath uttered the desire of his soul, and they have troubled it.