Proverbs 28:21

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General observations of impiety and religious integrity.
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Proverbs 28:21  (King James Version)
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
 


respect
18:5 24:23 Exodus 23:2 Exodus 23:8

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.
Ezekiel 13:19 ; Hosea 4:18 ; Micah 3:5 ; 7:3 Romans 16:18 ; 2 Peter 2:3