Proverbs 17:26

Lighthouse Bible 2006

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

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

That would be far from you to do in this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that would 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 pleasantly to your servants: for I swear by the LORD, if you do not go forth, there will not remain one with you this night: and that will be worse for 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 are 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 condemns the just, even they both are an abomination to the LORD.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to favor 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 strike the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

John 18:22

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