Verse 26
Proverbs 17:26
Literal Standard Version
26
Also, it is not good to fine the righteous, || To strike nobles for uprightness.
Original Language Text
hebrew
גַּ֤ם עֲנ֣וֹשׁ לַ/צַּדִּ֣יק לֹא ט֑וֹב לְ/הַכּ֖וֹת נְדִיבִ֣ים עַל יֹֽשֶׁר
English Translation
It is also not good for a man to strike nobles for righteousness.
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Chapter 17 Context
1
Better is a dry morsel, and rest with it, || Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.
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A wise servant rules over a son causing shame, || And he apportions an inheritance in the midst of b...
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A refining pot is for silver, and a furnace for gold, || And the trier of hearts is YHWH.
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4
An evildoer is attentive to lips of vanity, || Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.
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Whoever is mocking at the poor || Has reproached his Maker, || Whoever is rejoicing at calamity is n...
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Sons’ sons are the crown of old men, || And the glory of sons are their fathers.
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A lip of excellence is not fitting for a fool, much less a lip of falsehood for a noble.
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A stone of grace is the bribe in the eyes of its possessors, || Wherever it turns, it prospers.
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Whoever is covering transgression is seeking love, || And whoever is repeating a matter || Is separa...
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Rebuke comes down on the intelligent || More than one hundred stripes on a fool.
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An evil man seeks only rebellion, || And a fierce messenger is sent against him.
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12
The meeting of a bereaved bear by a man, || And—not a fool in his folly.
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Whoever is returning evil for good, || Evil does not move from his house.
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14
The beginning of contention is a letting out of waters, || And leave the strife before it is meddled...
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15
Whoever is justifying the wicked, || And condemning the righteous, || Even both of these are an abom...
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Why is this—a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, || And a heart—there is none?
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The friend is loving at all times, || And a brother is born for adversity.
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A man lacking heart is striking hands, || He becomes a guarantor before his friend.
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Whoever is loving transgression is loving debate, || Whoever is making his entrance high is seeking...
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The perverse of heart does not find good, || And the one turned in his tongue falls into evil.
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Whoever is begetting a fool has affliction for it, || Indeed, the father of a fool does not rejoice.
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A rejoicing heart does good to the body, || And a struck spirit dries the bone.
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The wicked takes a bribe from the bosom, || To turn aside the paths of judgment.
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The face of the intelligent is to wisdom, || And the eyes of a fool—at the end of the earth.
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A foolish son is a provocation to his father, || And bitterness to her bearing him.
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Also, it is not good to fine the righteous, || To strike nobles for uprightness.
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One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, || And the cool of temper is a man of understand...
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Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, || He who is shutting his lips seems intelligent!
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