Commentaries:Barnes' Notes
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Proverbs 12:10
Regardeth - literally, "knoweth." All true sympathy and care must grow out of knowledge. The duty of a person to animals:
(1) rests upon direct commandments in the Law Exodus 20:10; Exodus 23:4-5;
(2) connects itself with the thought that the mercies of God are over all His works, and that man' s mercy, in proportion to its excellence, must be like His Jonah 4:11; and
(3) has perpetuated its influence in the popular morality of the East.
Tender mercies - Better, "the feelings, the emotions," all that should have led to mercy and pity toward man.
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