26 It 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 surely גַּ֤ם H1571 Conjunction not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle good ט֑וֹב H2896 Adjective - masculine singular to punish עֲנ֣וֹשׁ H6064 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct the innocent לַצַּדִּ֣יק H6662 Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular or to flog לְהַכּ֖וֹת H5221 Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct a noble נְדִיבִ֣ים H5081 Adjective - masculine plural for עַל־ H5921 Preposition his honesty יֹֽשֶׁר׃ H3476 Noun - masculine singular