New King James Version
Proverbs 12:10
10A righteous man regards the life of his animal, But the tender mercies 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 Living Translation (NLT)The godly care for their animals, but the wicked are always cruel.
Context of Proverbs 12:10
8A man will be commended according to his wisdom, But he who is of a perverse heart will be despised. 9Better is the one who is slighted but has a servant, Than he who honors himself but lacks bread. A righteous man regards the life of his animal, But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. 11He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, But he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding. 12The wicked covet the catch of evil men, But the root of the righteous yields fruit.
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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 weak, and the flocks and herds which are nursing are with me. And if the men should drive them hard one day, all the flock will die.
- Numbers 22:28Then the 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 25:4“You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.
- John 4:11The woman said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?
- Genesis 37:26So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood?
- Judges 1:7And Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” Then they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
- 1 Samuel 11:2And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, “On this condition I will make a covenant with you, that I may put out all your right eyes, and bring reproach on all Israel.”
- John 19:31Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
- James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- 1 John 3:17But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide 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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