Proverbs 12:10

A righteous man has regard for the life of his animal,
But even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.

Deuteronomy 25:4

You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing.

Genesis 33:13-14

But he said to him, “My lord knows that the children are frail and that the flocks and herds which are nursing are a care to me. And if they are driven hard one day, all the flocks will die.

Genesis 37:26-28

Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it for us to kill our brother and cover up his blood?

Numbers 22:28-32

And 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?”

Judges 1:7

Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” So they brought him to Jerusalem and he died there.

1 Samuel 11:2

But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “I will make it with you on this condition, that I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you, thus I will make it a reproach on all Israel.”

John 4:11

She *said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water?

John 19:31-32

Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

James 2:13-16

For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

1 John 3:17

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Tender mercies

General references

Bible References

Righteous

Genesis 33:13
But he said to him, “My lord knows that the children are frail and that the flocks and herds which are nursing are a care to me. And if they are driven hard one day, all the flocks will die.
Numbers 22:28
And 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 the ox while he is threshing.
John 4:11
She *said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water?

But

Genesis 37:26
Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it for us to kill our brother and cover up his blood?
Judges 1:7
Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me.” So they brought him to Jerusalem and he died there.
1 Samuel 11:2
But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “I will make it with you on this condition, that I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you, thus I will make it a reproach on all Israel.”
John 19:31
Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
James 2:13
For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.

Tender mercies

1 John 3:17
But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

General references

Acts 27:42
The soldiers’ plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape;

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