26 It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person
or to beat a noble for his honesty.[a](A)

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  1. 17:26 Or noble unfairly

26 (A)To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good,
    nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

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It is not good to show partiality to the guilty,(A)
denying an innocent person justice.(B)

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It is not good to (A)be partial to[a] the wicked
    or to (B)deprive the righteous of justice.

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  1. Proverbs 18:5 Hebrew to lift the face of

A guilty one’s conduct is crooked,(A)
but the behavior of the innocent is upright.(B)

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The way of the guilty (A)is crooked,
    but the conduct of the pure is upright.

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