Proverbs 17:26

New International Version

If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good, surely to flog honest officials is not right.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

2 Samuel 19:7

Now go out and encourage your men. I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out, not a man will be left with you by nightfall. This will be worse for you than all the calamities that have come on you from your youth till now.”

2 Samuel 3:39

And today, though I am the anointed king, I am weak, and these sons of Zeruiah are too strong for me. May the Lord repay the evildoer according to his evil deeds!”

Proverbs 17:15

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent— the Lord detests them both.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to be partial to the wicked and so deprive the innocent of justice.

Micah 5:1

Marshal your troops now, city of troops, for a siege is laid against us. They will strike Israel’s ruler on the cheek with a rod.

John 18:22

When Jesus said this, one of the officials nearby slapped him in the face. “Is this the way you answer the high priest?” he demanded.