Proverbs 17:26

How Fools Live

²⁵ The foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her that bore him. ²⁶ It is also not good to fine the righteous,
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
²⁷ He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Certainly Not

Righteous Man

Proverbs 17:15

He that justifies the wicked and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

Proverbs 18:5

To respect the person of the wicked so that the righteous loses that which is rightfully his is not good.

Genesis 18:25

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked and that the righteous should be treated as the wicked that are far from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

2 Samuel 3:23-25

When Joab and all the host that was with him were 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 3:39

And I am this day a tender anointed king, and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me; the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

2 Samuel 16:7-8

And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial;

2 Samuel 19:7

Now, therefore, arise, go forth and speak unto the heart of thy slaves, for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, not one of them will abide with thee tonight and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that has come upon thee from thy youth until now.

Job 34:18-19

Is it fit to say to the king, Thou art of Belial and to the princes, Ye are ungodly?

Micah 5:1

Now thou shalt be besieged by armies, O daughter of the army: he shall lay siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

John 18:22

And when he had thus spoken, one of the servants who stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so?