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Proverbs 28:21-23
New International Version
Proverbs 28:21-23
New International Version
Proverbs 28:21-23
King James Version
Proverbs 28:21-23
King James Version
21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
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Proverbs 28:21-23
New King James Version
Proverbs 28:21-23
New King James Version
22 A man with an evil eye hastens after riches,
And does not consider that (C)poverty will come upon him.
23 (D)He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward
Than he who flatters with the tongue.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:21 Lit. recognize faces
Proverbs 28:21-23
English Standard Version
Proverbs 28:21-23
English Standard Version
21 To show (A)partiality is not good,
but for (B)a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
22 A (C)stingy man[a] (D)hastens after wealth
and does not know that (E)poverty will come upon him.
23 Whoever (F)rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
than (G)he who flatters with his tongue.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:22 Hebrew A man whose eye is evil
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