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21 To show favor is not good, because a man will sin for a piece of bread.

22 A man with a sinful eye hurries to be rich. He does not know that he will be in need.

23 He who speaks strong words to a man will later find more favor than he who gives false respect with his tongue.

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21 To show partiality(A) is not good(B)
    yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.(C)

22 The stingy are eager to get rich
    and are unaware that poverty awaits them.(D)

23 Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
    rather than one who has a flattering tongue.(E)

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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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21 (A)To [a]show partiality is not good,
(B)Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

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.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:21 Lit. recognize faces