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26 To impose a fine on the innocent is not right
    or to flog the noble for their integrity.(A)

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26 Furthermore, it isn’t good to fine the righteous,
    or to beat an official because of his uprightness.

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It is not right to be partial to the guilty
    or to subvert the innocent in judgment.(A)

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It’s not good to be partial towards an evil person,
    thereby depriving the righteous of justice.

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The way of the guilty is crooked,
    but the conduct of the pure is right.

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The conduct[a] of a guilty man is perverse,
    but the behavior of the pure is upright.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:8 Lit. way