Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
World English Bible British
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 he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honours himself and lacks bread.
Cross References
Genesis 33:13Jacob 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 22:28The LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
Deuteronomy 25:4You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.
1 Samuel 11:2Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make it with you, that all your right eyes be gouged out. I will make this dishonour all Israel.”
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?
James 2:13For judgement is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgement.
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 →