Proverbs 17:26

The Message

It’s wrong to penalize good behavior, or make good citizens pay for the crimes of others.

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Whitewashing bad people and throwing mud on good people are equally abhorrent to God.

It’s not right to go easy on the guilty, or come down hard on the innocent.

But for now, prepare for the worst, victim daughter! The siege is set against us. They humiliate Israel’s king, slapping him around like a rag doll.

When he said this, one of the policemen standing there slapped Jesus across the face, saying, “How dare you speak to the Chief Priest like that!”