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Provérbios 28:21

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21 Fazer acepção de pessoas não é bom; mas até por um bocado de pão prevaricará o homem.

Provérbios 28:21 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 28:21

To have respect of persons [is] not good, &c,
In courts of judicature, to give a cause or pass sentence in favour of a person, because he is rich, or is a relation, a friend, an acquaintance, or has done a kindness; and against another, because of the reverse, ( Leviticus 19:15 ) ( Deuteronomy 16:19 ) ; nor in religious assemblies, making a difference between the rich and the poor, ( James 2:1 James 2:2 ) ; this is not good in itself, nor productive of good effects, and cannot be well pleasing to God, who himself is no respecter of persons; for for a piece of bread [that] man will transgress;
the laws of God and men; having used himself to such unrighteous methods of proceeding, he will do any base action for a small gain, he will stick at nothing, and do it for anything; as Cato used to say of M. Coelius the tribune,

``that he might be hired, for a morsel of bread, to speak or hold his peace;''
see ( Ezekiel 13:19 ) .
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Provérbios 28:21 In-Context

19 O que lavra a sua terra se fartará de pão; mas o que segue os ociosos se encherá de pobreza.
20 O homem fiel gozará de abundantes bênçãos; mas o que se apressa a enriquecer não ficará impune.
21 Fazer acepção de pessoas não é bom; mas até por um bocado de pão prevaricará o homem.
22 Aquele que é cobiçoso corre atrás das riquezas; e não sabe que há de vir sobre ele a penúria.
23 O que repreende a um homem achará depois mais favor do que aquele que lisonjeia com a língua.
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