Proverbs 17:26

The Scriptures 1998

It is also not good to punish the righteous one, To smite noble ones for straightness.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

“Far be it from You to act in this way, to slay the righteous with the wrong, so that the righteous should be as the wrong. Far be it from You! Does the Judge of all the earth not do right?”

2 Samuel 19:7

“And now, arise, go out and speak to the heart of your servants. For I swear by יהוה, if you do not go out, not one passes the night with you. And that is worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.”

2 Samuel 3:39

“And I am weak today, though anointed sovereign. And these men, the sons of Tseruyah, are too harsh for me. Let יהוה  repay the evil-doer according to his evil.”

Proverbs 17:15

He who declares the wrong right, And he who condemns the righteous, Both of them are an abomination to יהוה.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to show partiality to the wrong, Or to turn aside the righteous in right-ruling.

Micah 5:1

Now you are raided, O daughter of raiders, a siege has been laid against us. They strike the Judge of Yisra’ĕ

John 18:22

And when He had said this, one of the officers who stood by slapped יהושע  in the face, saying, “Do You answer the high priest this way?”