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Proverbs 17:26
Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.
Proverbs 17:26 · Webster 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 ways 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 Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.
27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.
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