To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Dishonest partiality leads men who have enslaved themselves to it to transgress, even when the inducement is altogether disproportionate. A “piece …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

For, for a piece of bread.— A thing proverbially of little value. .

That man will transgre .—

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

To have respect of persons [is] not good, &c ,
In courts of judicature, to give a cause or pass sentence in favour o…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Judgment is perverted when anything but pure right is considered.

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