Proverbs 12:10 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁰A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Proverbs 12:10 —

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Cross-References

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Deuteronomy 25:4
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Numbers 22:28-32
And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? …
Genesis 33:13-14
And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. …
James 2:13-16
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. …
1 John 3:17
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

Topics

Anger Animals Beasts Cattle Clean and Unclean Animals Creation Cruelty Hatred

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10)

See here, 1. To how great a degree a good man will be merciful; he has not only a compassion for the human nature under its greatest abasements, but he regards even the life of his beast, not only because it is his servant, but because it is God’s creature, and in conformity to Providence, which preserves man and beast. The beasts that are under our care must be provided for, must have convenient…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 10)

10. 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.