Proverbs 17:26

New Living Translation

²⁶It is wrong to punish the godly for being good
or to flog leaders for being honest.

Proverbs 17:26

New American Standard Bible

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

⁵It is not right to acquit the guilty
or deny justice to the innocent.

⁵To ^(A)show partiality to the wicked is not good,
Nor to ^(B)suppress the righteous in judgment.

⁸The guilty walk a crooked path;
the innocent travel a straight road.

⁸The way of a guilty person is ^(A)crooked,
But as for the pure, his conduct is upright.

New Living Translation (NLT)

New American Standard Bible (NASB)