Proverbs 17:26

World English Bible

²⁶Also to punish the righteous is not good,
nor to flog officials for their integrity.

Proverbs 17:26

International Standard Version

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

⁵To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good,
nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

⁵It’s not good to be partial towards an evil person,
thereby depriving the righteous of justice.

⁸The way of the guilty is devious,
but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

⁸The conduct^[a] of a guilty man is perverse,
but the behavior of the pure is upright.

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