Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man is concerned for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Darby Translation
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 the suckling sheep and kine are with me; and if they should overdrive them only one day, all the flock would die.
Numbers 22:28And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
Deuteronomy 25:4Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].
1 Samuel 11:2And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this [condition] will I treat with you, that I thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
John 4:11The woman says to him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou the living water?
James 2:13for judgment [will be] without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories 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 →