Proverbs 12:10
The just regardeth the lives of his beasts: but the bowels of the wicked are cruel.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
9Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread.
Cross References
Genesis 33:13And Jacob said: My lord, thou knowest that I have with me tender children, and sheep, and kine with young: which if I should cause to be overdriven, in one day all the flocks will die.
Numbers 22:28And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said: What have I done to thee? Why strikest thou me, lo, now this third time?
Deuteronomy 25:4Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out thy corn on the floor.
1 Samuel 11:2And Naas the Ammonite answered them: On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may pluck out all your right eyes, and make you a reproach in all Israel.
John 4:11The woman saith to him: Sir, thou hast nothing wherein to draw, and the well is deep; from whence then hast thou living water?
James 2:13For judgment without mercy to him that hath not done mercy. And mercy exalteth itself above 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 →