Proverbs 11:17
A merciful man doith wel to his soule; but he that is cruel, castith awei, yhe, kynnesmen.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
In Context
16A graciouse womman schal fynde glorie; and stronge men schulen haue richessis.
18A wickid man makith vnstable werk; but feithful mede is to hym, that sowith riytfulnesse.
Cross References
Job 20:16He schal souke the heed of snakis; and the tunge of an addre schal sle hym.
Psalms 41:1The title of the oon and fourtithe salm. To victorie, to the sones of Chore.
Psalms 112:4The Lord is hiy aboue alle folkis; and his glorie is aboue heuenes.
Proverbs 22:9He that is redi to merci, schal be blessid; for of his looues he yaf to a pore man. He that yyueth yiftis, schal gete victorie and onour; forsothe he takith awei the soule of the takeris.
Isaiah 32:7The vessels of a gileful man ben worste; for he schal make redi thouytis to leese mylde men in the word of a leesyng, whanne a pore man spak doom.
Isaiah 58:7Breke thi breed to an hungri man, and brynge in to thin hous nedi men and herborles; whanne thou seest a nakid man, hile thou hym, and dispise not thi fleisch.