THEOSISProverbs 17:26Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
It is no good thing to do hurt to the just: nor to strike the prince, who judgeth right.
גַּ֤ם עֲנ֣וֹשׁ לַצַּדִּ֣יק לֹא־ט֑וֹב לְהַכּ֖וֹת נְדִיבִ֣ים עַל־יֹֽשֶׁר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 17:15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God.
- Prov 18:5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.
- John 18:22And when he had said these things, one of the servants standing by gave Jesus a blow, saying: Answerest thou the high priest so?
- Mic 5:1Now shalt thou be laid waste, O daughter of the robber: they have laid siege against us, with a rod shall they strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.
- 2 Sam 3:39But I as yet am tender, though anointed king. And these men the sons of Sarvia are too hard for me: the Lord reward him that doth evil according to his wickedness.
- Job 34:18Who saith to the king: Thou art an apostate: who calleth rulers ungodly:
- Job 34:19Who accepteth not the persons of princes: nor hath regarded the tyrant, when he contended against the poor man: for all are the work of his hands.
- Gen 18:25Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked; this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment.