Proverbs 17:26

American King James Version (1999)

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

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

That be far from you to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from you: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

2 Samuel 19:7

Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably to your servants: for I swear by the LORD, if you go not forth, there will not tarry one with you this night: and that will be worse to you than all the evil that befell you from your youth until now.

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 shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

Proverbs 17:15

He that justifies the wicked, and he that comdemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Micah 5:1

Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops: he has laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.

John 18:22

And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answer you the high priest so?