Proverbs 31:8 Open your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. There is no necessary reference in this verse to the inferior animals. We use it merely for our accommodation. That there is such cruelty requires neither proof nor argument. What persuasions should urge to guard against this cruelty in every form? 1. The affecting consideration that the lower animals have not the power of expressing and complaining of their wrongs. 2. Their subserviency to the comfort and happiness of man. 3. They are the objects of God's peculiar and providential care. 4. Cruelty to animals is utterly inconsistent with the spirit and law of Christianity. (David Runciman, M.A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.WEB: Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate. |
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