A moment in scripture
Proverbs 28:21
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To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
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The surrounding passage
- Proverbs 28:19
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
- Proverbs 28:20
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
- Proverbs 28:22
He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
- Proverbs 28:23
He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.