Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regards the life of his beast, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 33:13And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
Numbers 22:28And LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to thee, that thou have smitten me these three times?
Deuteronomy 25:4Thou shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out [the grain].
1 Samuel 11:2And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out, and I will lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
John 4:11The woman says to him, Sir, thou have not even a container, and the well is deep. From where then have thou the living water?
James 2:13For the judgment is merciless to him who did no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:10
9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. Note, 1. It is the folly of some that they covet to make a great figure abroad, take place, and take state, as persons of quality, and yet want necessaries at home, and, if their debts were paid, would not be worth a morsel of bread, nay, perhaps, pinch their bellies to put it on their backs, that they may appear very gay, because fine feathers make fine birds. 2. The condition and character of those is every… Read the whole commentary →