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Proverbs 12:10
10The godly care for their animals, but the wicked are always 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 sensible person wins admiration, but a warped mind is despised. 9Better to be an ordinary person with a servant than to be self-important but have no food. The godly care for their animals, but the wicked are always cruel. 11A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies has no sense. 12Thieves are jealous of each other’s loot, but the godly are well rooted and bear their own fruit.
Read all of Proverbs 12Proverbs 12:10 word by word
יוֹדֵ֣עַ צַ֭דִּיק נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּ֑וֹ וְֽרַחֲמֵ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים אַכְזָרִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 12:10
- Genesis 33:13But Jacob replied, “You can see, my lord, that some of the children are very young, and the flocks and herds have their young, too. If they are driven too hard, even for one day, all the animals could die.
- Numbers 22:28Then the Lord gave the donkey the ability to speak. “What have I done to you that deserves your beating me three times?” it asked Balaam.
- Deuteronomy 25:4“You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating as it treads out the grain.
- John 4:11“But sir, you don’t have a rope or a bucket,” she said, “and this well is very deep. Where would you get this living water?
- Genesis 37:26Judah said to his brothers, “What will we gain by killing our brother? We’d have to cover up the crime.
- Judges 1:7Adoni-bezek said, “I once had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
- 1 Samuel 11:2“All right,” Nahash said, “but only on one condition. I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you as a disgrace to all Israel!”
- John 19:31It was the day of preparation, and the Jewish leaders didn’t want the bodies hanging there the next day, which was the Sabbath (and a very special Sabbath, because it was Passover week). So they asked Pilate to hasten their deaths by ordering that their legs be broken. Then their bodies could be taken down.
- James 2:13There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.
- 1 John 3:17If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God’s love 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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