Proverbs 17:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁶ To impose a fine on the innocent is not right or to flog the noble for their integrity.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ Also, to punish or fine the righteous is not good, nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ Also to punish the righteous is not good, Nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.

Common English Bible

²⁶ It isn’t good to punish the righteous, to strike the honorable for their integrity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ It is not good to inflict damage on the just, nor to strike the leader who judges uprightly.

Proverbs 17:26 Cross References

Proverbs 17:15

One who justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not right to be partial to the guilty or to subvert the innocent in judgment.

John 18:22

When he had said this, one of the police standing nearby struck Jesus on the face, saying, “Is that how you answer the high priest?”

Micah 5:1

Now you are walled around with a wall; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the ruler of Israel upon the cheek.

2 Samuel 3:39

Today I am powerless, even though anointed king; these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too violent for me. The Lord pay back the one who does wickedly in accordance with his wickedness!”

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

2 Samuel 19:7

So go out at once and speak kindly to your servants, for I swear by the Lord, if you do not go, not a man will stay with you this night, and this will be worse for you than any disaster that has come upon you from your youth until now.”