Proverbs 17:26
It is not good to brynge in harm to a iust man; nether to smyte the prince that demeth riytfuli.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
In Context
25A fonned sone is the ire of the fadir, and the sorewe of the modir that gendride hym.
27He that mesurith his wordis, is wijs and prudent; and a lerud man is of preciouse spirit.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Fer be it fro thee that thou do this thing, and sle a iust man with a wickid man, and that a iust man be maad as a wickid man; this is not thin that demest al erthe; thou schalt not make this doom.
Proverbs 17:15Bothe he that iustifieth a wickid man, and he that condempneth a iust man, euer ethir is abhomynable at God.