Proverbs 28:21
To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
BSB
ASV
To have respect of persons is not good; Neither that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.
KJV
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Dishonest partiality leads men who have enslaved themselves to it to transgress, even when the inducement is altogether disproportionate. A “piece of bread” was proverbial at all times as the most extreme point of poverty (compare the marginal reference).
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Exodus 23:8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
leads to
Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
Through
Proverbs 18:5Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
leads to
You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
Through
Micah 7:3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
leads to
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster…
Through
Proverbs 24:23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
leads to
Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.