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Proverbs 12:10
10The righteous cares about his animal’s health, but even the merciful acts of the wicked are cruel.
Proverbs 12:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
- New International Version (NIV)The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A righteous man regards the life of his animal, But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Context of Proverbs 12:10
8A man is praised for his insight, but a twisted mind is despised. 9Better to be disregarded, yet have a servant, than to act important but have no food. The righteous cares about his animal’s health, but even the merciful acts of the wicked are cruel. 11The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks sense. 12The wicked desire what evil people have caught, but the root of the righteous is productive.
Read all of Proverbs 12Proverbs 12:10 word by word
יוֹדֵ֣עַ צַ֭דִּיק נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּ֑וֹ וְֽרַחֲמֵ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים אַכְזָרִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 12:10
- Genesis 33:13Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are weak, and I have nursing flocks and herds. If they are driven hard for one day, the whole herd will die.
- Numbers 22:28Then the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth, and she asked Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”
- Deuteronomy 25:4“Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out grain.
- John 4:11“Sir,” said the woman, “you don’t even have a bucket, and the well is deep. So where do you get this ‘living water’?
- Genesis 37:26Judah said to his brothers, “What do we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
- Judges 1:7Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I have done.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
- 1 Samuel 11:2Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I’ll make one with you on this condition: that I gouge out everyone’s right eye and humiliate all Israel.”
- John 19:31Since it was the preparation day, the Jews did not want the bodies to remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special day). They requested that Pilate have the men’s legs broken and that their bodies be taken away.
- James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to the one who has not shown mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- 1 John 3:17If anyone has this world’s goods and sees a fellow believer in need but withholds compassion from him — how does God’s love reside in him?
Commentaries on Proverbs 12:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast - One principal characteristic of a holy man is mercy: cruelty is unknown to him; and his benevolence extends to the meanest of the brute creation. Pity rules the heart of a pious man; he can do nothing that is cruel. He considers what is best for the comfort, ease health, and life of the beast that serves him, and he knows that God himself careth for oxen: and one of the ten commandments provides a seventh…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10Verse 10 A godly man would not put even an animal to needless pain. But the wicked often speak of others as well used, when they would not endure like treatment for a single day.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. regardeth--literally, "knoweth" (Psa 1:6). mercies ... cruel--as acts of compassion ungraciously rendered to the needy. The righteous more regards a beast than the wicked a man.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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