21 It is not good to show partiality(A)
yet a man may sin for a piece of bread.(B)

22 A greedy man[a] is in a hurry for wealth;
he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him.(C)

23 One who rebukes a person will later find more favor(D)
than one who flatters[b] with his tongue.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:22 Lit A man with an evil eye
  2. Proverbs 28:23 Lit is smooth

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