Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
During one of our stockmanship schools, Richard asked the rhetorical question, “I wonder why some people work their livestock roughly?”
One of the attendees quickly responded, “I know why.”
Richard asked, “Tell us so we’ll all know.”
“Because it’s in the Bible”
Then another attendee said, “Yes, it’s Proverbs 12:10!”
“A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.” —Proverbs 12:10
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One Response
Heres somemore thinking on proverbs.
They were already marked in my bible and you can look them up for your self. This are just a few.
Pro 19:20
Pro 21:5
Pro 22:3
Pro 22:29
Pro 27:23