Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
To punish
General references
Bible References
To punish
Proverbs 17:15
He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
Proverbs 18:5
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
Genesis 18:25
Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"
To strike
2 Samuel 3:23
When Joab and all the army who was with him had come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
2 Samuel 16:7
Shimei said when he cursed, "Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and base fellow.
2 Samuel 19:7
Now therefore arise, go out, and speak to comfort your servants; for I swear by the LORD, if you do not go out, not a man will stay with you this night. That would be worse to you than all the evil that has happened to you from your youth until now."
Job 34:18
Who says to a king, 'Vile.' or to nobles, 'Wicked.'?
Micah 5:1
Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.
John 18:22
When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, "Do you answer the high priest like that?"
General references
Job 34:18
Who says to a king, 'Vile.' or to nobles, 'Wicked.'?
Jeremiah 37:18
Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, "Wherein have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?