Proverbs 12:10
A upright man respects the life of his animal, 2 but the tender rachamim ·merciful loves· of the wicked is cruel. 1
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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 33:13Jacob [Supplanter] 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 22:28Adonai opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said + 22:28. Quoted in 2 Pet 2:16 to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
Deuteronomy 25:4+ 25:4. Deut 25:4 (#8.545): T. Not to muzzle an animal while threshing grain / R. Not to muzzle an ox while plowing R. Note: Not to steal by withholding the rightful or appropriate compensation You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain. + 25:4. Quoted in 1 Cor 9:9; 1 Tim 5:18
John 4:11The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water?
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 →