Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Righteous

Tender mercies

General references

Bible References

Righteous

John 4:11
The woman [then] said to Him, "Sir, you do not have anything to draw [water] with, and the well is deep. Where will you get that living water?

But

John 19:31
Now it was the Day of Preparation [Note: This was the day before the Passover Festival began, and fell on a Friday that year], and the Jews did not permit bodies to remain on a cross over the Sabbath day. (Besides, that Sabbath day was a special day [i.e., since it was both the Passover and the regular weekly Sabbath, as well]). So, they asked Pilate to have Jesus' and the criminals' legs broken [i.e., to speed up their deaths] and then have their bodies taken away.
James 2:13
For the person who has shown no mercy will be judged without mercy. [For] mercy wins out over condemnation.

Tender mercies

1 John 3:17
Now whoever has [a sufficient amount of] life's possessions and [then] observes one of his [Christian] brothers who does not have enough to get by on, but does not feel sorry for him [i.e., enough to help him out], surely a love for God does not continue to live in that person's heart.

General references

Acts 27:42
[Meanwhile] the soldiers had decided to kill the prisoners so that none of them would swim away and escape.