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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  1. 17:26 Or noble unfairly

26 It is also not good to (A)fine the righteous,
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

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It is not good to show partiality to the guilty,(A)
denying an innocent person justice.(B)

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To (A)show partiality to the wicked is not good,
Nor to (B)suppress the righteous in judgment.

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

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The way of a guilty person is (A)crooked,
But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.

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