King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 17:26
“Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 17
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Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.
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A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.
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He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
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Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.