26 Also, to punish the righteous is not good,
Nor to strike princes for their uprightness.

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26 Also, imposing a fine on the righteous is not good,
    nor to flog nobles for uprightness.

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It is not good to show partiality to the wicked,
Or to overthrow the righteous in (A)judgment.

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Being partial to faces of evil is not good,
    nor to subvert the righteous at the judgment.

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The way of [a]a guilty man is perverse;
But as for the pure, his work is right.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:8 Or The way of a man is perverse and strange;

Crooked is the way of a man and a foreigner,
    but the pure is upright in his conduct.

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