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Proverbs 28:21-23
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21 To show partiality[a] is never good;
    a man may do wrong even for a morsel of bread.
22 The miser is in a hurry to get rich,
    never considering that want may eventually afflict him.[b]
23 Whoever rebukes another[c] will in the end win more thanks
    than one who flatters with his tongue.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:21 Partiality: see note on Prov 18:5. May do wrong . . . bread: may refer to taking a bribe in the form of bread (see Ezek 13:19).
  2. Proverbs 28:22 Get-rich-quick schemes often lead to ruin; only the man who is generous will prosper (see note on Prov 11:24).
  3. Proverbs 28:23 Rebukes another: see Prov 15:31; 25:12. Flatters with his tongue: see Prov 16:13; 26:28; 29:5.
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Proverbs 28:21-23
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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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