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Proverbs 12:10
10The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The godly care for their animals, but the wicked are always cruel.
Context of Proverbs 12:10
8A person is praised according to their prudence, and one with a warped mind is despised. 9Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food. The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel. 11Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense. 12The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers, but the root of the righteous endures.
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יוֹדֵ֣עַ צַ֭דִּיק נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּ֑וֹ וְֽרַחֲמֵ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים אַכְזָרִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 12:10
- Genesis 33:13But Jacob said to him, “My lord knows that the children are tender and that I must care for the ewes and cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard just one day, all the animals will die.
- Numbers 22:28Then the Lord opened the donkey’s mouth, and it said to Balaam, “What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?”
- Deuteronomy 25:4Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
- John 4:11“Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?
- Genesis 37:26Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?
- Judges 1:7Then Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
- 1 Samuel 11:2But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you only on the condition that I gouge out the right eye of every one of you and so bring disgrace on all Israel.”
- John 19:31Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down.
- James 2:13because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- 1 John 3:17If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?
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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