Proverbs 17:26
Certaynely to condempne the iust is not good: nor to strike the gouernours whiche iudge rightly.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
In Context
25An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.
27A wyse man vseth fewe wordes, and a man of vnderstanding is of a pacient spirite.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25That be farre from thee that thou shouldest do after this maner, and slaye the ryghteous with the wicked, & that the ryghteous should be as the wicked, that be farre from thee: Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordyng to ryght?
Proverbs 17:15The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent.
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 →