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

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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

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

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To respect the person of the wicked is not good,
[a]Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.

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  1. Proverbs 18:5 Or, So as to turn aside

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

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The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked;
But as for the pure, his work is [a]right.

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  1. Proverbs 21:8 Or, straight