Proverbs 17:26

WEB

²⁶Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.

KJV

²⁶Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

BSB

²⁶It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.

FBV

²⁶It's not right to impose a fine on someone who's innocent or to flog good leaders for their honesty.

Extra References

Proverbs 17:15

¹⁵He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

Proverbs 18:5

⁵To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

John 18:22

²²When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, “Do you answer the high priest like that?”

Job 34:18-19

¹⁸who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’? ¹⁹He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor, for they all are the work of his hands.

Micah 5:1

¹Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.

2 Samuel 3:39

³⁹I am weak today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May the LORD reward the evildoer according to his wickedness.”

²⁵May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”

2 Samuel 19:7

⁷Now therefore arise, go out and speak to comfort your servants; for I swear by the LORD, if you don’t go out, not a man will stay with you this night. That would be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now.”

2 Samuel 16:7-8

⁷Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow! ⁸The LORD has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you have reigned! The LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son! Behold, you are caught by your own mischief, because you are a man of blood!”

2 Samuel 3:23-25

²³When Joab and all the army who was with him had come, they told Joab, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace.”

²⁴Then Joab came to the king and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you. Why is it that you have sent him away, and he is already gone? ²⁵You know Abner the son of Ner. He came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.”