Proverbs 17:26

Also to punish the tzaddik is not tov, 1 nor to flog officials for their yashar (uprightness, integrity). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

25A ben kesil is a ka'as (grief) to aviv (his father), 1 and bitterness to her that bore him. 1

27He that hath da'as spareth his words, 1 and an ish tevunah (man of understanding) is of a calm ruach. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 18:25That be far from Thee to do after this manner, to slay the tzaddik with the rasha; and that the tzaddik should be as the rasha, that be far from Thee: Shall not HaShofet Kol Ha'Aretz (the Judge of All the Earth) do mishpat (right)?

2 Samuel 3:39And I am this day weak, though moshuach melech (being anointed king); and these anashim the Bnei Tzeruyah are too harsh for me; Hashem shall reward the doer of evil according to his ra'ah (evil).

2 Samuel 19:7In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou hast no regard for sarim nor avadim; for this day I perceive, that if Avshalom had lived, and this day all we were mesim (dead ones), then it would have been yashar in thy sight.

Proverbs 17:15He that justifieth the rashah, 1 and he that condemneth the tzaddik, 1 even they both are to'evah to Hashem. 1

Micah 5:1But thou, Beit-Lechem Ephratah, 1 though thou be little among the Alphei Yehudah (Thousands of Yehudah), 1 yet out of thee shall He + 5:1 Moshiach come forth unto Me + 5:1 Hashem 1 that is to be Moshel Yisroel; 1 whose goings forth + 5:1 (i.e. origins) have been mikedem (from everlasting), + 5:1 See Hab 1:12 1 mimei olam (from the days of eternity). 1

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 →

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