Proverbs 17:26
To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
In Context
25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
27He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?
2 Samuel 3:39While I, though I am crowned king, have little strength, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are out of my control: may the Lord give to the evil-doer the reward of his evil-doing!
2 Samuel 19:7So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my oath, that if you do not go out, not one of them will keep with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil which has overtaken you from your earliest years.
Proverbs 17:15He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.
Micah 5:1\5:2\And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:26
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. Observe, 1. Wicked children are an affliction to both their parents. They are an occasion of anger to the father (so the word signifies), because they contemn his authority, but of sorrow and bitterness to the mother, because they abuse her tenderness. The parents, being joint-sufferers, should therefore bring mutual comfort to bear them up under it, and strive to make it as easy as they can, the mother to mollify the father's anger,… Read the whole commentary →