Proverbs 12:10 A righteous man regards the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. I always tremble when I see a cruel boy. I feel sure he will, if he lives, grow up to be a wicked man. A brutal boy once saw his sister's two pet rabbits running about the garden. He took one up by the ears and threw it into the air. It came down on a piece of stone and lay bleeding on the ground till it died. Years after the sister visited that brother in prison, just before his execution for murder. Do you remember the bleeding rabbit, Mary?" he said, weeping; "I have been cruel ever since." (M. Sewell.) Parallel Verses KJV: A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.WEB: A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. |
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