Proverbs 17:26

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
  • Prov 18:5 : 5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
  • Mic 5:1 : 1 Now 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.
  • John 18:22 : 22 When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, "Do you answer the high priest like that?"
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 Be it 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 Sam 3:23-25 : 23 When Joab and all the army who was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace. 24 Then 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 quite gone? 25 You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do."
  • 2 Sam 3:39 : 39 I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May Yahweh reward the evildoer according to his wickedness."
  • 2 Sam 16:7-8 : 7 Shimei said when he cursed, "Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and base fellow! 8 Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned! Yahweh 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 Sam 19:7 : 7 Now therefore arise, go out, and speak to comfort your servants; for I swear by Yahweh, 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."
  • Job 34:18-19 : 18 Who says to a king, 'Vile!' or to nobles, 'Wicked!'? 19 Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

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    8 Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

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    18 Discipline your son, for there is hope; don't be a willing party to his death.

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

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