Proverbios 28:21

21 Hacer acepción de personas no es bueno, pues por un bocado de pan el hombre pecará.

Proverbios 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 ) .

Proverbios 28:21 In-Context

19 El que labra su tierra se saciará de pan, pero el que sigue propósitos vanos se llenará de pobreza.

20 El hombre fiel abundará en bendiciones, pero el que se apresura a enriquecerse no quedará sin castigo.

21 Hacer acepción de personas no es bueno, pues por un bocado de pan el hombre pecará.

22 El hombre avaro corre tras la riqueza, y no sabe que la miseria vendrá sobre él.

23 El que reprende al hombre hallará después más favor que el que lo lisonjea con la lengua.