Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.
Proverbs 12:10 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) A righteous man has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A [consistently] righteous man regards the life of his beast, but even the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. [Deut. 25:4.] American Standard Version (1901) A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. Common English Bible The righteous care about their livestock’s needs, but even the compassion of the wicked is cruel. Catholic Public Domain Version The just one knows the lives of his beasts. But the inner most parts of the impious are cruel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The just regardeth the lives of his beasts: but the bowels of the wicked are cruel. |
Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.
until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where do you get that living water?
For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.” Is it for oxen that God is concerned?
But if any one has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?
And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their great toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has requited me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make a treaty with you, that I gouge out all your right eyes, and thus put disgrace upon all Israel.”