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Proverbs 28:21-23
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 28:21-23
New Catholic Bible
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.
Footnotes
- 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).
- 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).
- Proverbs 28:23 Rebukes another: see Prov 15:31; 25:12. Flatters with his tongue: see Prov 16:13; 26:28; 29:5.
