Proverbs 12:11
Whoever is tilling the ground is satisfied [with] bread, || And whoever is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
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10The righteous knows the life of his beast, || And the mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.
12The wicked has desired the net of evildoers, || And the root of the righteous gives.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19by the sweat of your face you eat bread until your return to the ground, for you have been taken out of it, for dust you [are], and to dust you return.”
Psalms 26:4I have not sat with vain men, || And I do not enter with pretenders.
Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, do not be willing.
Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery [with] a woman lacks heart, || He who does it is destroying his soul.
Proverbs 9:6Forsake the simple and live, || And be blessed in the way of understanding.”
Proverbs 9:16“Who [is] simple? Let him turn aside here.” And whoever lacks heart—she said to him,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:11
10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. See here, 1. To how great a degree a good man will be merciful; he has not only a compassion for the human nature under its greatest abasements, but he regards even the life of his beast, not only because it is his servant, but because it is God's creature, and in conformity to Providence, which preserves man and beast. The beasts that are under our care must be provided for, must have convenient food and rest, must… Read the whole commentary →