Proverbs 28:21-23

The Message

²¹Playing favorites is always a bad thing;
you can do great harm in seemingly harmless ways.

²²A miser in a hurry to get rich
doesn’t know that he’ll end up broke.

²³In the end, serious reprimand is appreciated
far more than bootlicking flattery.

Proverbs 28:21-23

New International Version

²¹To show partiality^(A) is not good^(B)—
yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.^(C)

²²The stingy are eager to get rich
and are unaware that poverty awaits them.^(D)

²³Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
rather than one who has a flattering tongue.^(E)

The Message (MSG)

New International Version (NIV)