Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.(A)

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26 It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person
or to beat a noble for his honesty.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:26 Or noble unfairly

It is not good to show partiality to the guilty(A)
by perverting the justice due the innocent.(B)

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23 These sayings also belong to the wise:(A)

It is not good to show partiality in judgment.(B)
24 Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent”(C)
people will curse him,(D) and tribes will denounce him;

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23 who acquit the guilty for a bribe(A)
and deprive the innocent of justice.

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