Proverbs 28:21
To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Cross-reference
Proverbs 18:5 similarly condemns partiality in judgment, aligning with the warning against showing favor for a small bribe.
Proverbs 24:23 states the same principle verbatim: partiality in judgment is not good, reinforcing the warning.
Exodus 23:8 directly warns against bribes, which blind judgment—exactly the danger of doing wrong for a small gain.
Ezekiel 13:19 describes prophets who pervert judgment for 'handfuls of barley and pieces of bread', illustrating the same warning.
Isaiah 29:21 condemns perverting justice in court with false accusations — directly parallel to partiality and bribery.
Amos 2:7 condemns turning aside the afflicted — a clear example of partiality against the poor, echoing the same injustice.
Mark 14:11 recounts Judas betraying Jesus for money — a concrete instance of doing wrong for material gain, as in Proverbs.
James 2:1 explicitly commands showing no partiality, directly reinforcing the same principle from a New Testament perspective.
Micah 7:3 depicts princes and judges taking bribes, illustrating the same perversion of justice for personal gain as 'a piece of bread'.
Exodus 23:2 warns against following the crowd to pervert justice, a related but distinct form of partiality in judgment.
2 Peter 2:3 describes false teachers exploiting others through greed — a clear parallel to doing wrong for material gain.