26It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:26
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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Verse 26
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It is surelyגַּ֤םH1571Conjunctionnotלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlegoodט֑וֹבH2896Adjective - masculine singularto punishעֲנ֣וֹשׁH6064Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructthe innocentלַצַּדִּ֣יקH6662Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singularor to flogלְהַכּ֖וֹתH5221Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructa nobleנְדִיבִ֣יםH5081Adjective - masculine pluralforעַל־H5921Prepositionhis honestyיֹֽשֶׁר׃H3476Noun - masculine singular