Proverbs 14:4

American Standard Version (1901)

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:9-9 : 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Is it for the oxen that God careth, 10 or saith he it assuredly for our sake? Yea, for our sake it was written: because he that ploweth ought to plow in hope, and he that thresheth, [to thresh] in hope of partaking. 11 If we sowed unto you spiritual things, is it a great matter if we shall reap your carnal things?
  • Prov 13:23 : 23 Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.
  • Amos 4:6 : 6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places; yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the grain] .

  • Ps 144:13-14
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    13 [ When] our garners are full, affording all manner of store, [And] our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;

    14 [ When] our oxen are well laden; [When there is] no breaking in, and no going forth, And no outcry in our streets:

  • Isa 30:23-24
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    23 And he will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou shalt sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures;

    24 the oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savory provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.

  • 23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [And] look well to thy herds:

  • 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for [his] pride; But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

  • 25 And all the hills that were digged with the mattock, thou shalt not come thither for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of sheep.

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    35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, so that it dieth, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it; and the dead also they shall divide.

    36 Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and its owner hath not kept it in; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead [beast] shall be his own.

  • 7 Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

  • 20 Blessed are yet that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.

  • 5 A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.

  • 11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished; But he that gathereth by labor shall have increase.

  • 11 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] is void of understanding.

  • 10 Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.

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    23 In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.

    24 The crown of the wise is their riches; [But] the folly of fools is [only] folly.

  • 14 Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

  • 23 Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.

  • 9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. Is it for the oxen that God careth,

  • Prov 24:4-5
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    4 And by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and pleasant riches.

    5 A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might.

  • 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

  • 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

  • 4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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    7 All sheep and oxen, Yea, and the beasts of the field,

  • 28 Bread [grain] is ground; for he will not be always threshing it: and though the wheel of his cart and his horses scatter it, he doth not grind it.

  • 6 Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

  • 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But [that which is] in the inward part of fools is made known.

  • 14 that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;

  • 19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.

  • 22 Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

  • 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  • 6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure; But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

  • 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

  • 4 He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

  • 24 There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] only to want.

  • 10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.

  • 15 one sea, and the twelve oxen under it.

  • 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what advantage is there to the owner thereof, save the beholding [of them] with his eyes?

  • 18 By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

  • 10 If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

  • 18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his hire.

  • 29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; And the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • 30 I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • 17 Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

  • 7 Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,