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It is a behavior that is consistently condemned throughout Scripture, as it stands in stark contrast to the nature of God, who is described as loving, merciful, and just.<br><br><b>Old Testament References</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, cruelty is often associated with the wicked and is seen as a hallmark of those who have turned away from God. <a href="/proverbs/12-10.htm">Proverbs 12:10</a> states, "A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty." This verse highlights the contrast between the righteous, who show compassion even to animals, and the wicked, whose actions are inherently cruel.<br><br>The account of Cain and Abel in <a href="/bsb/genesis/4.htm">Genesis 4</a> is an early example of cruelty, where Cain's jealousy leads him to commit the first murder. This act of violence is condemned by God, who says to Cain, "What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground" (<a href="/genesis/4-10.htm">Genesis 4:10</a>).<br><br>Cruelty is also evident in the actions of various nations and leaders who opposed Israel. The Egyptians' harsh treatment of the Israelites during their enslavement is a prime example. <a href="/exodus/1-13.htm">Exodus 1:13-14</a> describes their suffering: "They worked the Israelites ruthlessly and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their hard labor, the Egyptians used them<a name="top" id="top"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Bible Verses</div><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/12-47.htm">Luke 12:47</a></span><br>And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/10-28.htm">Matthew 10:28</a></span><br>And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">Genesis 3:16</a></span><br>To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in sorrow you shall bring forth children; and your desire shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/9-43.htm">Mark 9:43</a></span><br>And if your hand offend you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">CRUEL; CRUELTY</span><p>kroo'-el, kroo'-el-ti 'akhzar, ("harsh," "fierce," chamac, "violence"): There are various uses of the word "cruel" in the Old Testament:<br><br>(a) "the cruel (deadly) venom of asps" (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-33.htm">Deuteronomy 32:33</a>);<br><br>(b) spoken of men of relentless hate: "They hate me with cruel hatred" (<a href="/psalms/25-19.htm">Psalm 25:19</a>; compare <a href="/proverbs/5-9.htm">Proverbs 5:9</a>; <a href="/proverbs/11-17.htm">Proverbs 11:17</a>; <a href="/proverbs/12-10.htm">Proverbs 12:10</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-23.htm">Jeremiah 6:23</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/50-42.htm">Jeremiah 50:42</a>);<br><br>(c) Job speaks of God's dealings with him as "cruel" and arbitrary: "Thou art turned to be cruel to me" (<a href="/job/30-21.htm">Job 30:21</a>); conscious of his virtue, yet holding God to be the author of his sufferings, Job is driven to the conclusion that God has become his enemy and is bent upon destroying him;<br><br>(d) the "day of Yahweh"-a prophetic phrase to denote the time of God's manifestation in judgment-is described as coming, "cruel, with wrath and fierce anger" (<a href="/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9</a>). The word "cruelty" has nearly disappeared from the Bible. In the Revised Version (British and American) it occurs only in <a href="/psalms/27-12.htm">Psalm 27:12</a>. The King James Version has it in <a href="/genesis/49-5.htm">Genesis 49:5</a> <a href="/psalms/74-20.htm">Psalm 74:20</a> (the Revised Version (British and American) "violence"); <a href="/ezekiel/34-4.htm">Ezekiel 34:4</a> (perekh, "crushing," the Revised Version (British and American) "rigor").<br><br>The Old Testament records many acts on the part of chosen individuals and the elect nation which are marked by gross cruelty, particularly when measured by the leaders are standards of our own age. Some of these acts are sanctioned by Scripture or even presented as commanded by God, as, for example, the sacrifice of Isaac, the extermination of the Canaanites, the authorization of the avenger of blood and of human slavery, and of retaliation for evil. Some of the deeds performed by Divinely appointed of Israel are characterized by inhumanity. Samuel "hewed Agag in pieces" (<a href="/1_samuel/15-33.htm">1 Samuel 15:33</a>). David massacred the Ammonites with great barbarity (<a href="/2_samuel/12-31.htm">2 Samuel 12:31</a>). Elijah slew the prophets of Baal (<a href="/1_kings/18-40.htm">1 Kings 18:40</a>; compare <a href="/2_kings/1-10.htm">2 Kings 1:10</a>; <a href="/2_kings/10-25.htm">2 Kings 10:25</a>). Some of the utterances of the Psalmists breathe spirit of hate and revenge, as in the so-called imprecatory psalms (<a href="/psalms/137-8.htm">Psalm 137:8, 9</a>; <a href="/psalms/139-21.htm">Psalm 139:21 f</a>). This has often been a matter of great perplexity to the devout student of the Bible. He has found it difficult to reconcile such practices, which bear the stamp of Divine approval, with the highest standards of Christian morality. It is sometimes urged in justification that these deeds are permitted, but not commanded by God. But this answer if we recognize the fact, which Jesus emphasizes, that the in attendant cruelties and horrors. The Old Testament religion is a self-accommodation to the low moral standard of those whom it was designed to instruct. This He reiterates in the Sermon on the Mount (<a href="/matthew/5-22.htm">Matthew 5:22, 28, 34</a>), and affirms in His reference to the hardness of the ancestral Jewish heart (<a href="/matthew/19-8.htm">Matthew 19:8</a>). In the Old Testament we are dealing with the childhood of the world, in which revelation is compelled to limit itself to the comprehension of its subjects. It must speak so that they can understand. It must start with them where it finds them. It walk, that character may grow step by step. A gradual development of spiritual and ethical ideals may clearly be traced in the sacred records. We must therefore read the Old Testament narratives and interpret their teaching, not according to the standards of our own age, but the light of the age to which these narratives belong. The spirit of Elijah may not be the spirit of Christ (<a href="/luke/9-55.htm">Luke 9:55</a>). While many of the acts of cruelty and barbarity recorded in the Old Testament are indicative of an age of a low type of morality, yet we must at the same time recognize the fact, that Israel's religion by emphasizing holy living and righteous conduct created an atmosphere favorable for the growth of high ethical ideals. Wherever this religion is seen at its best, as in the teachings of the prophets, it is the mark of the righteous man to treat human life as sacred and to refrain scrupulously from inflicting unnecessary pain. Even the Gentiles shall be brought to judgment for their barbarities and inhuman practices (<a href="/amos/1-2.htm">Amos 1:2</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-7.htm">2 Kings 25:7</a>). Among the blessings of the Messianic kingdom, predicted by the prophets, is the cessation of war with all of its Law of Israel also reflected this tendency toward humanity, and many of its ordinances, while seemingly inhuman, really tended to mitigate prevailing barbarity. Instances of such ordinances those referring to the maltreatment of slaves (<a href="/exodus/21-20.htm">Exodus 21:20</a>), to the Cities of Refuge (<a href="/numbers/35-19.htm">Numbers 35:19</a>; compare <a href="/nasb/joshua/20.htm">Joshua 20</a>), to rules of warfare (<a href="/deuteronomy/20-10.htm">Deuteronomy 20:10 f</a>), etc. The extermination of the Canaanites is represented as a Divine judgment upon a morally corrupt civilization (<a href="/genesis/15-16.htm">Genesis 15:16</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-30.htm">Deuteronomy 12:30</a>). It is declared necessary in order to guard the Hebrews from contamination by the sins of the Canaanites (<a href="/exodus/23-32.htm">Exodus 23:32</a>). It is not so far back, that many of the practices that are condemned by the most enlightened Christianity of our day, prevailed universally and were not thought incompatible with Christian civilization. Even our own time needs to secure a more widespread practical recognition of the principles of humanity, kindness and justice, which are professedly the law of the Christian life. L. Kaiser must lead them along lines in which they of their own volition can hardly meets the facts of the case. We shall arrive at a truer answer<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/5544.htm"><span class="l">5544. chrestotes -- goodness, excellence, uprightness</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Hence 5544 () is listed as (Gal 5:22). With the believer, 5544 ("divine ") is the<br> goodness which meets the need and avoids human harshness (<b>cruelty</b>). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5544.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/395.htm"><span class="l">395. akzeriyyuth -- <b>cruelty</b>, fierceness</span></a><br><b>...</b> 394, 395. akzeriyyuth. 396 . <b>cruelty</b>, fierceness. Transliteration: akzeriyyuth<br> Phonetic Spelling: (ak-ze-ree-ooth') Short Definition: fierce. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/395.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6531.htm"><span class="l">6531. perek -- harshness, severity</span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>cruelty</b>, rigor. From an unused root meaning to break apart; fracture, ie Severity --<br> <b>cruelty</b>, rigour. 6530, 6531. perek. 6532 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6531.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2555.htm"><span class="l">2555. chamas -- violence, wrong</span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>cruelty</b>, damage, false, injustice, oppressor, unrighteous, violence against,<br> done,. From chamac; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2555.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_cruelty_is_opposed_to.htm"><span class="l">Whether <b>Cruelty</b> is Opposed to Clemency?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF <b>CRUELTY</b> (TWO ARTICLES) Whether <b>cruelty</b> is opposed to clemency? Objection<br> 1: It would seem that <b>cruelty</b> is not opposed to clemency. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether cruelty is opposed to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/of_cruelty_two_articles_.htm"><span class="l">Of <b>Cruelty</b> (Two Articles)</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF <b>CRUELTY</b> (TWO ARTICLES). We must now consider <b>cruelty</b>, under which head there<br> are two points of inquiry: (1) Whether <b>cruelty</b> is opposed to clemency? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/of cruelty two articles .htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_cruelty_differs_from_savagery.htm"><span class="l">Whether <b>Cruelty</b> Differs from Savagery or Brutality?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF <b>CRUELTY</b> (TWO ARTICLES) Whether <b>cruelty</b> differs from savagery or brutality? Objection<br> 1: It would seem that <b>cruelty</b> differs not from savagery or brutality. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether cruelty differs from savagery.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lactantius/the_divine_institutes/chap_xi_of_the_cruelty_of.htm"><span class="l">Of the <b>Cruelty</b> of the Heathens against the Christians.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chap XI."Of the <b>Cruelty</b> of the Heathens Against the Christians. <b>...</b> For what number<br> of volumes will contain so infinite, so varied kinds of <b>cruelty</b>? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xi of the cruelty of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_wars_of_the_jews_or_history_of_the_destruction_of_jerusalem/chapter_v_the_cruelty_of.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Cruelty</b> of the Idumeans when they were Gotten into the Temple <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER V. The <b>Cruelty</b> Of The Idumeans When They Were Gotten Into The Temple<br> During The Storm; And Of The Zealots. Concerning The <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter v the cruelty of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lactantius/of_the_manner_in_which_the_persecutors_died/chap_xxii_and_now_that.htm"><span class="l">And Now that <b>Cruelty</b>, which He had Learned in Torturing the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chap. XXII. And now that <b>cruelty</b>, which he had learned in torturing the<br> Christians? And now that <b>cruelty</b>, which he had learned <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap xxii and now that.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pamphilius/church_history/chapter_viii_the_cruelty_of_herod.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Cruelty</b> of Herod Toward the Infants, and the Manner of his <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Church History of Eusebius. Book I. Chapter VIII."The <b>Cruelty</b> of Herod<br> toward the Infants, and the Manner of his Death. 1. When <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter viii the cruelty of herod.htm</font><p><a href="/library/scholasticus/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_scholasticus/chapter_xxxviii_cruelty_of_macedonius_and.htm"><span class="l"><b>Cruelty</b> of Macedonius, and Tumults Raised by Him.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book II. Chapter XXXVIII."<b>Cruelty</b> of Macedonius, and Tumults raised by him.<br> The bishops of the Arian party began to assume greater <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xxxviii cruelty of macedonius and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/on_christian_doctrine_in_four_books/chapter_17_every_severity_therefore.htm"><span class="l">Every Severity, Therefore, and Apparent <b>Cruelty</b>, Either in Word or <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book 3 Chapter 17. Every severity, therefore, and apparent <b>cruelty</b>, either<br> in word or deed? 17. Every severity, therefore, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 17 every severity therefore.htm</font><p><a href="/library/clement/exhortation_to_the_heathen/chapter_iii_the_cruelty_of_the.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Cruelty</b> of the Sacrifices to the Gods.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter III."The <b>Cruelty</b> of the Sacrifices to the Gods. Well, now, let<br> us say in addition, what inhuman demons, and hostile to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../clement/exhortation to the heathen/chapter iii the cruelty of the.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/c/cruelty.htm"><span class="l"><b>Cruelty</b> (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (n.) A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing<br> unnecessary pain. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CRUEL; <b>CRUELTY</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/cruelty.htm - 16k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/cruel.htm"><span class="l">Cruel (196 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (a.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery. 4. (a.) Attended with<br><b>cruelty</b>; painful; harsh. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CRUEL; <b>CRUELTY</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/cruel.htm - 42k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bloody.htm"><span class="l">Bloody (19 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> cruel. 4. (a.) Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp.,<br> marked by great slaughter or <b>cruelty</b>; as, a bloody battle. 5 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bloody.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/menahem.htm"><span class="l">Menahem (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> After a reign of about ten years (BC 771-760) he died, leaving the throne to his<br> son Pekahiah. His reign was one of <b>cruelty</b> and oppression (2 Kings 15:14-22). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/menahem.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/adonibezek.htm"><span class="l">Adonibezek (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> He confessed that God had requited him for his like <b>cruelty</b> to the seventy kings<br> whom he had subdued (Judges 1:4-7; Comp. 1 Samuel 15:33). Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/adonibezek.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/achan.htm"><span class="l">Achan (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> In Proverbs 11:17, 29; Proverbs 15:6, 27) the word is used with intensity to<br> describe the results of <b>cruelty</b>, disloyalty, greed, wickedness. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/achan.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shame.htm"><span class="l">Shame (412 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 54:4 Micah 2:6), confusion (Isaiah 6:7), nakedness (Isaiah 47:3 Micah 1:11),<br> everlasting contempt (Daniel 12:2), folly (Proverbs 18:13), <b>cruelty</b> (Isaiah 50:6 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shame.htm - 43k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/savage.htm"><span class="l">Savage (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> savage manners. 4. (a.) Characterized by <b>cruelty</b>; barbarous; fierce;<br> ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit. 5. (n.) A <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/savage.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/felix.htm"><span class="l">Felix (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> end of a two years' term, Porcius Festus was appointed in the room of Felix (AD<br> 60), who proceeded to Rome, and was there accused of <b>cruelty</b> and malversation <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/felix.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/breathe.htm"><span class="l">Breathe (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> "Breathe" in English Versions of the Bible of the Old Testament requires no remark<br> except at Psalm 27:12 ("such as breathe out <b>cruelty</b>"), from yaphach, "to <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/breathe.htm - 15k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/is-God-cruel.html">Is God cruel? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/infants-dashed-to-pieces.html">Why were infants dashed to pieces (Nahum 3:10)? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/PETA-Christian.html">What is PETA? Can a Christian support PETA? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/cruelty.htm">Cruelty: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Cruelty (8 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/16-21.htm">Matthew 16:21</a></span><br />From this time Jesus began to explain to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer much <span class="boldtext">cruelty</span> from the Elders and the High Priests and the Scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day be raised to life again.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/9-22.htm">Luke 9:22</a></span><br />and He said, "The Son of Man must suffer much <span class="boldtext">cruelty</span>, be rejected by the Elders and High Priests and Scribes, and be put to death, and on the third day be raised to life again."<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/11-37.htm">Hebrews 11:37</a></span><br />They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried by temptation, they were killed with the sword. They went from place to place in sheepskins or goatskins, enduring want, oppression and <span class="boldtext">cruelty</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/49-5.htm">Genesis 49:5</a></span><br />Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of <span class="boldtext">cruelty</span> are in their habitations. <br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/9-24.htm">Judges 9:24</a></span><br />That the <span class="boldtext">cruelty</span> done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/27-12.htm">Psalms 27:12</a></span><br />Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out <span class="boldtext">cruelty</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/74-20.htm">Psalms 74:20</a></span><br />Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of <span class="boldtext">cruelty</span>. <br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nahum/3-19.htm">Nahum 3:19</a></span><br />There is no healing your wound, for your injury is fatal. 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