Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 8:9

אמר שמע מינה לאו אורח ארעא למיעבד הכי [ורחמיו על כל מעשיו כתיב] וכתיב (משלי יז, כו) גם ענוש לצדיק לא טוב

You can learn from this that it is not proper to act thus. “His tender mercies are over all His works” is what is written, and it also says. “Neither is it good for the righteous to punish” (Proverbs 17:26).

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