²¹ It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.

¹⁹ And you have put me to shame among my people for a little barley and some bits of bread, sending death on souls for whom there is no cause of death, and keeping those souls living who have no right to life, by the false words you say to my people who give ear to what is false.

²³ These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

⁵ To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

³ And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.

¹⁸ For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.

³ Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

⁵ This is what the Lord has said about the prophets by whom my people have been turned from the right way; who, biting with their teeth, say, Peace; and if anyone puts nothing in their mouths they make ready for war against him.

¹⁸ Their drink has become bitter; they are completely false; her rulers take pleasure in shame.

⁸ Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.

² Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision: