Proverbs 12:10

Proverbs Of Solomon

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Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant,
Than he who [boastfully] honors himself [pretending to be what he is not] and lacks bread.
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A righteous man has kind regard for the life of his animal,
But even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.
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He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who follows worthless things lacks common sense and good judgment.

Righteous Man

Righteous One

Tender Mercies

Deuteronomy 25:4

“You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing [to prevent him from eating any of the grain].

Genesis 33:13-14

But Jacob replied, “You know, my lord, that the children are frail and need gentle care, and the nursing flocks and herds [with young] are of concern to me; for if the men should drive them hard for a single day, all the flocks will die.

Genesis 37:26-28

Judah said to his brothers, “What do we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood (murder)?

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 big toes cut off used to gather up scraps of food under my table; as I have done [to others], so God has repaid me.” So they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

1 Samuel 11:2

But Nahash the Ammonite told them, “I will make a treaty with you on this condition, that I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you, and make it a disgrace upon all Israel.”

John 4:11

She said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with [no bucket and rope] and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?

John 19:31-32

Since it was the day of Preparation [for the Sabbath], in order to prevent the bodies from hanging on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high holy day) the Jews asked Pilate to have their legs broken [to hasten death] and the bodies taken away.

James 2:13-16

For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; but [to the one who has shown mercy] mercy triumphs [victoriously] over judgment.

1 John 3:17

But whoever has the world’s goods (adequate resources), and sees his brother in need, but has no compassion for him, how does the love of God live in him?