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Proverbs 28:21
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Proverbs 28:21
21To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
21*To haue respect of persons, is not good: for, for a piece of bread that man will transgresse.
- Chap. 18.5. & 24.23.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 28:21
Regard, consideration, relation, honour, or partial favour, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
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A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
transgress
To break or pass beyond a law, command, duty, or rightful boundary.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 21
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Open the full verse study19And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
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Open the full verse study5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
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Open the full verse study23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
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Open the full verse study2¶ Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
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Open the full verse study8¶ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
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Open the full verse study3¶ That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
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Open the full verse study3And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
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Open the full verse study18Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
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Open the full verse study5¶ Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
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Open the full verse study18For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
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