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

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26 Also to [a]punish the righteous is not good,
Nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:26 Or, fine

Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king,
    or claim a place among great men;
for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,”
    than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince,
    whom your eyes have seen.

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[a]Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king,
And stand not in the place of great men:
For better is it that it be said unto thee, Come up hither,
Than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince,
Whom thine eyes have seen.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:6 Hebrew Glorify not thyself.