OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 12:10

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A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

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Verse 10. Beasts. Those who treat them with cruelty, would do the like with men. God gives regulations to let brute beasts have rest. Leviticus 22:28. Calmet. Saint John Chrysostom in Rom. xxix.

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