21 To show (A)partiality is not good,
    but for (B)a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

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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)

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19 You have profaned me among my people (A)for handfuls of barley (B)and for pieces of bread, putting to death souls who should not die and keeping alive souls who should not live, by your lying to my people, who listen to lies.

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19 You have profaned(A) me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread.(B) By lying to my people, who listen to lies, you have killed those who should not have died and have spared those who should not live.(C)

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More Sayings of the Wise

23 These also are sayings of (A)the wise.

(B)Partiality in judging is not good.

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Further Sayings of the Wise

23 These also are sayings of the wise:(A)

To show partiality(B) in judging is not good:(C)

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It is not good to (A)be partial to[a] the wicked
    or to (B)deprive the righteous of justice.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:5 Hebrew to lift the face of

It is not good to be partial to the wicked(A)
    and so deprive the innocent of justice.(B)

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(A)And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

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“Do not accept a bribe,(A) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.

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You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice,

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“Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice(A) by siding with the crowd,(B)

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And (A)in their greed they will exploit you (B)with false words. (C)Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

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In their greed(A) these teachers will exploit you(B) with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.

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18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but (A)their own appetites,[a] and (B)by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

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  1. Romans 16:18 Greek their own belly

18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ,(A) but their own appetites.(B) By smooth talk and flattery they deceive(C) the minds of naive people.

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(A)Their hands are on what is evil, to do it well;
    (B)the prince and (C)the judge ask for a bribe,
and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul;
    thus they weave it together.

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Both hands are skilled in doing evil;(A)
    the ruler demands gifts,
the judge accepts bribes,(B)
    the powerful dictate what they desire—
    they all conspire together.

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Thus says the Lord concerning (A)the prophets
    who lead my people astray,
(B)who cry “Peace”
    when they have something to eat,
but declare war against him
    who puts nothing into their mouths.

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This is what the Lord says:

“As for the prophets
    who lead my people astray,(A)
they proclaim ‘peace’(B)
    if they have something to eat,
but prepare to wage war against anyone
    who refuses to feed them.

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18 When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring;
    (A)their rulers[a] dearly love shame.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:18 Hebrew shields

18 Even when their drinks are gone,
    they continue their prostitution;
    their rulers dearly love shameful ways.

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