Proverbs 17:26 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

Proverbs 18:5

To accept the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgement.

John 18:22

And when he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?

Micah 5:1

Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

2 Samuel 3:39

And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD reward the wicked doer according to his wickedness.

Genesis 18:25

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

2 Samuel 19:7

Now therefore arise, go forth and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry a man with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth until now.