26 It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person
or to beat a noble for his honesty.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:26 Or noble unfairly

It is not good to show partiality to the guilty(A)
by perverting the justice due the innocent.(B)

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A guilty man’s conduct is crooked,(A)
but the behavior of the innocent is upright.(B)

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