26 Also, to punish the righteous is not good,
Nor to strike princes for their uprightness.

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26 Also to punish the just is not good,
    nor to strike princes for equity.

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Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king,
And do not stand in the place of the great;
(A)For it is better that he say 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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Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king,
and stand not in the place of great men:
for better it is 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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