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
And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young: and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
Numbers 22:28
And Jehovah 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?
Deuteronomy 25:4
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the grain .
John 4:11
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou that living water?

But

Genesis 37:26
And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood?
Judges 1:7
And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their food under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
1 Samuel 11:2
And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
John 19:31
The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross upon the sabbath (for the day of that sabbath was a high day ), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.

Tender mercies

1 John 3:17
But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?

General references

Acts 27:42
And the soldiers counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them'should swim out, and escape.

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