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Proverbs 17:26
To punish a righteous [man] is not good, nor to strike nobles because of [their] uprightness.
Proverbs 17:26 · Darby Bible
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Proverbs 17:26 in other translations
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.
Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.
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In context
23 A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.
24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
26 To punish a righteous [man] is not good, nor to strike nobles because of [their] uprightness.
27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words; and a man of understanding is of a cool spirit.
28 Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is reckoned wise, [and] he that shutteth his lips, intelligent.
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