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 to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the suckling sheep and kine are with me; and if they should overdrive them only one day, all the flock would die.
Numbers 22:28
And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
Deuteronomy 25:4
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
John 4:11
The woman says to him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou the living water?

But

Genesis 37:26
And Judah said to his brethren, What profit is it that we kill our brother and secrete his blood?
Judges 1:7
And Ado'ni-be'zek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their great toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has requited me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
1 Samuel 11:2
And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition will I treat with you, that I thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
John 19:31
The Jews therefore, that the bodies might not remain on the cross on the sabbath, for it was the preparation, (for the day of that sabbath was a great day,) demanded of Pilate that their legs might be broken and they taken away.
James 2:13
for judgment will be without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment.

Tender mercies

1 John 3:17
But whoso may have the world's substance, and see his brother having need, and shut up his bowels from him, how abides the love of God in him?

General references

Acts 27:42
And the counsel of the soldiers was that they should kill the prisoners, lest any one should swim off and escape.