Proverbs 28:21 NLT,NIV,ESV

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 28:21

When a man hath once vitiated his conscience, and accustomed himself to take bribes, a very small advantage will make him sell justice, and his own soul into the bargain. The design of the proverb is to warn men to take heed of the beginnings of that sin, and consequently of other sins. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Proverbs 28:15-23

CRITICAL NOTES.—Proverbs 28:16. Ewald, Zöckler, Delitzsch, and others read this verse, “O prince devoid of understanding, he that hateth unjust gain continueth long.” Proverbs 28:17. First clause. “A man laden with the blood of a soul.” Proverbs 28:18. Perverse ways. Rather “double ways.” Proverbs 28:21. Zöckler reads the last clause, “And (yet) even for a piece of bread (many) a man will transgress” Proverbs 28:22. Rather “The man of an evil eye hasteth, etc. Proverbs 28:23. Delitzsch reads... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Proverbs 28:1-28

Chapter 28Twenty-eight:The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are as bold as a lion ( Proverbs 28:1 ).The contrast of the wicked and the righteous. We had an awful lot of that early in the proverbs.For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged ( Proverbs 28:2 ).When the land is bad, there's many changes of dynasties, governments. When evil existing. But a man of understanding and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 28:1-28

Proverbs 28:2 . By a man of understanding the state shall be prolonged. Who can value the Samuels in Israel; the Gracchuses in Rome; the Walpoles, the Chathams in England? In Lord Chatham’s time it was said, “We have a Pitt in England that will hold all France.” When counsel is denied to a nation, it is a sad mark of God’s highest displeasure against a guilty people. Per hominem, peritum, incolumitas reflorescet. SCHULTENS. The safety of a nation revives and flourishes by a man of wisdom... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 28:21

Pro 28:21 To have respect of persons [is] not good: for for a piece of bread [that] man will transgress. Ver. 21. To have respect of persons is not good. ] See Trapp on " Pro 24:23 " For, for a piece of bread. ] For a trifle he will transgress, and sell his soul dog cheap for a groat, or less money. Cato in Gellius hits Marcus Coelius in the teeth with his baseness, that for a morsel of bread he would sell either his tongue or his silence. And the false prophets in Ezekiel’s days would do... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Proverbs 28:21

respect: Proverbs 18:5, Proverbs 24:23, Exodus 23:2, Exodus 23:8 for: Erasmus observes that this expression probably originated from the circumstance of holding out a piece of bread to a dog, in order to soothe him. Ezekiel 13:19, Hosea 4:18, Micah 3:5, Micah 7:3, Romans 16:18, 2 Peter 2:3 Reciprocal: Judges 18:4 - hired me Isaiah 29:21 - and turn Amos 2:7 - pant Mark 14:11 - and promised James 2:1 - with read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Proverbs 28:21

To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.For — When a man hath once accustomed himself to take bribes, a very small advantage will make him sell justice. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 28:21

21. To have respect of persons Literally, to know faces. For a piece of bread That is, for the smallest bribe. While this proverb has special application to magistrates, it is also applicable to others. Compare Ezekiel 13:19. Cato said of M. Caelius: “With a crust of bread he can be hired either to speak or to keep silent.” Comp. Pro 6:26 ; 1 Samuel 2:36. The Septuagint varies in the first clause: “He that reverences not the person of the just is not good.” read more