Proverbs 17:26

How Fools Live

²⁵ A foolish son is a grief to his father
And bitterness to her who bore him.
²⁶ It is also not good to fine the righteous,
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
²⁷ He who restrains his words has knowledge,
And he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

Certainly Not

Righteous Man

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 show partiality to the wicked is not good,
Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?”

2 Samuel 3:23-25

When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, they told Joab, saying, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace.”

2 Samuel 3:39

I am weak today, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too difficult for me. May the Lord repay the evildoer according to his evil.”

2 Samuel 16:7-8

Thus Shimei said when he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, and worthless fellow!

2 Samuel 19:7

Now therefore arise, go out and speak kindly to your servants, for I swear by the Lord, if you do not go out, surely not a man will pass the night with you, and this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.”

Job 34:18-19

Who says to a king, ‘Worthless one,’
To nobles, ‘Wicked ones’;

Micah 5:1

“Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops;
They have laid siege against us;
With a rod they will smite the judge of Israel on the cheek.

John 18:22

When He had said this, one of the officers standing nearby struck Jesus, saying, “Is that the way You answer the high priest?”