Proverbs 12:10

A righteous person cares even for his animals, but the wicked are cruel even in their mercy. Genuine righteousness extends compassion to all of life.

Cross-references · 10

• Deut 25:4Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
• Num 22:28–32Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”
• Gen 33:13–14But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.
• Jas 2:13–16For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• 1 Jn 3:17If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
• John 4:11“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
• John 19:31–32It was the day of Preparation, and the next day was a High Sabbath. In order that the bodies would not remain on the cross during the Sabbath, the Jews asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies removed.
• Judg 1:7Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
• 1 Sam 11:2But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”
• Gen 37:26–28Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

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