not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord's anointed.-1 Sam. xxiv. 10.

Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that... I have not sinned against thee: yet thou huntest my soul to take it.-11.

...And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.-16.

And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.-17.

To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend.-Job vi. 14.

I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.—Job xvi. 4.

But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.-5. Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.Job xix. 21.

Did I not weep for him that was in trouble?... Job xxx. 25.

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him :Job xxxi. 29.

Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.-30.

The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.-32.

...I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy. Ps. vii. 4.

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful.-Ps. xviii. 25.

...The righteous sheweth mercy and giveth.-Ps. xxxvii. 21.

He is ever merciful, and lendeth.-26.

Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.Prov. iii. 27.

Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.-28.

Love covereth all sins.-Prov. x. 12.

He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour.-Prov. xi. 12.

The merciful man doeth good to his own soul...17. The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.-Prov. xix. 11. He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth ... Prov. xiv. 21.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.-Prov. xx. 22.

Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.-28.

...The righteous giveth and spareth not.-Prov. xxi. 26.

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;— Prov. xxiv. 11.

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works ?—12. Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:-17.

Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him...18. Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause...28.

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.-29.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink.— Prov. xxv. 21.

...In her tongue is the law of kindness.-Prov. xxxi. 26. Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.-Eccl. xi. 1.

Give a portion to seven, and also to eight...2.

And what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?-Micah vi. 8.

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying,...shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:Zech. vii. 9.

...And let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.-10.

GOD'S CARE FOR ANIMALS:

BE KIND TO THEM.

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth,...after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.-Gen. i. 21.

And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply...22.

...To every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat.-30.

...Of every living thing of all flesh...shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee... Gen. vi. 19.

And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark... Gen. viii. 1.

And when she (Rebekah) had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.—Gen. xxiv. 19.

And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.-20.

And he (Jacob) said, the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should over drive them one day, all the flock will die.-Gen. xxxiii. 13. ...I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me...be able to endure.-14.

Six years thou shalt sow thy land :... Ex. xxiii. 10. But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat.-11.

Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest...12.

And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat.Lev. xxv. 7.

...And Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. Num. xxii. 23.

And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times ?...32. ...Unless she had turned from me, surely now I had slain thee, and saved her alive.—33.

Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. Deut. xxii. 1.

And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it...2.