Proverbs 17:26

How Fools Live

²⁵ A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth. ²⁶ To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness. ²⁷ He who has knowledge says little: and he who has a calm spirit is a man of good sense.

Certainly Not

Righteous Man

Proverbs 17:15

He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.

Proverbs 18:5

To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

Genesis 18:25

Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

2 Samuel 3:23-25

When Joab and his men came, news was given them that Abner, the son of Ner, had come to the king, who had let him go away again in peace.

2 Samuel 3:39

While I, though I am crowned king, have little strength, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are out of my control: may the Lord give to the evil-doer the reward of his evil-doing!

2 Samuel 16:7-8

And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing:

2 Samuel 19:7

So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my oath, that if you do not go out, not one of them will keep with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil which has overtaken you from your earliest years.

Job 34:18-19

He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;

Micah 5:1

Now you will give yourselves deep wounds for grief; they will put up a wall round us: they will give the judge of Israel a blow on the face with a rod.

John 18:22

When he said this, one of the police by his side gave him a blow with his open hand, saying, Do you give such an answer to the high priest?