Proverbs 12:10
יוֹדֵעַ צַדִּיק נֶפֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּוֹ וְֽרַחֲמֵי רְשָׁעִים אַכְזָרִֽי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
9טוֹב נִקְלֶה וְעֶבֶד לוֹ מִמְּתַכַּבֵּד וַחֲסַר ־ לָֽחֶם ׃
11עֹבֵד אַדְמָתוֹ יִֽשְׂבַּֽע ־ לָחֶם וּמְרַדֵּף רֵיקִים חֲסַר ־ לֵֽב ׃
Cross References
Genesis 33:13וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֲדֹנִי יֹדֵעַ כִּֽי ־ הַיְלָדִים רַכִּים וְהַצֹּאן וְהַבָּקָר עָלוֹת עָלָי וּדְפָקוּם יוֹם אֶחָד וָמֵתוּ כָּל ־ הַצֹּֽאן ׃
Numbers 22:28וַיִּפְתַּח יְהוָה אֶת ־ פִּי הָאָתוֹן וַתֹּאמֶר לְבִלְעָם מֶה ־ עָשִׂיתִֽי לְךָ כִּי הִכִּיתַנִי זֶה שָׁלֹשׁ רְגָלִֽים ׃
Deuteronomy 25:4לֹא ־ תַחְסֹם שׁוֹר בְּדִישֽׁוֹ ׃ ס
1 Samuel 11:2וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם נָחָשׁ הָעַמּוֹנִי בְּזֹאת אֶכְרֹת לָכֶם בִּנְקוֹר לָכֶם כָּל ־ עֵין יָמִין וְשַׂמְתִּיהָ חֶרְפָּה עַל ־ כָּל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃
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 →