Proverbs 28:21 Cross References - BSB

²¹ To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

² You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

⁸ Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

⁵ Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.

²³ These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.

¹⁹ You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.

¹⁸ When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

⁵ This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:

³ Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

¹⁸ For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

³ In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.