A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל ׀ אֶֽל־ יְהוֹשָׁפָ֡ט ע֣וֹד אִישׁ־ אֶחָ֡ד לִדְרוֹשׁ֩ אֶת־ יְהוָ֨ה מֽ͏ֵאֹת֜וֹ וַאֲנִ֣י שְׂנֵאתִ֗יהוּ כִּֽי־ אֵ֠ינֶנּוּ מִתְנַבֵּ֨א עָלַ֤י לְטוֹבָה֙...

The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,

He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.

By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.