Proverbs 17:26
Surely it is not good to condemne the iust, nor that ye princes should smite such for equitie.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
In Context
25A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.
27Hee that hath knowledge, spareth his wordes, and a man of vnderstanding is of an excellent spirit.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25Be it farre from thee from doing this thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be euen as the wicked, be it farre from thee. shall not the Iudge of all the worlde doe right?
2 Samuel 3:39And I am this day weake and newly anoynted King: and these men the sonnes of Zeruiah be too harde for me: the Lord rewarde the doer of euill according to his wickednesse.
2 Samuel 19:7Nowe therefore vp, come out, and speake comfortably vnto thy seruants: for I sweare by the Lord, except thou come out, there will not tarie one man with thee this night: and that wil be worse vnto thee, then all the euill that fell on thee from thy youth hitherto.
Proverbs 17:15He that iustifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the iust, euen they both are abomination to the Lord.
Micah 5:1Nowe assemble thy garisons, O daughter of garisons: he hath layed siege against vs: they shall smite the iudge of Israel with a rod vpon the cheeke.
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 →