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Pro 28:21 — To have respect of persons [is] not good: for for a piece of bread [that] man will transgress.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

respect		Pro 18:5; Pro 24:23; Exd 23:2,8
for		Erasmus observes that this expression probably originated from the circumstance of holding out a piece of bread to a dog, in order to soothe him. Eze 13:19; Hsa 4:18; Mic 3:5; Mic 7:3; Rom 16:18; 2Pe 2:3

Correlating Passages

respect

	Pro 18:5	[It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
	Pro 24:23	These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
	Exd 23:2	Thou shalt not follow a multitude to [do] evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest [judgment]:
	Exd 23:8	And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

for

	Eze 13:19	And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear [your] lies?
	Hsa 4:18	Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers [with] shame do love, Give ye.
	Mic 3:5	Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
	Mic 7:3	That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
	Rom 16:18	For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
	2Pe 2:3	And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

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Scott, Thomas. "Proverbs 28:21," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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