Proverbs 17:26
Also to punish the upright is not good, 2 nor to flog officials for their integrity. 1
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In The King James Version
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
In Context
25A foolish son brings grief to his father, 2 and bitterness to her who bore him. 1
27He who spares his words has knowledge. 2 He who is even tempered is a man of understanding. 1
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the upright with the wicked, so that the upright should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Should not the Judge of all the earth do right judgement?”
Proverbs 17:15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns as guilty the upright, 2 both of them alike are an abomination to Adonai. 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 →