Proverbs 14:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:9-9 : 9 For it says in the law of Moses, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. Is it for the oxen that God is giving orders? 10 Or has he us in mind? Yes, it was said for us; because it is right for the ploughman to do his ploughing in hope, and for him who is crushing the grain to do his work hoping for a part in the fruits of it. 11 If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world?
  • Prov 13:23 : 23 There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.
  • Amos 4:6 : 6 But in all your towns I have kept food from your teeth, and in all your places there has been need of bread: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 25:4
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    4 Do not keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it.

  • Ps 144:13-14
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    13 Our store-houses are full of all good things; and our sheep give birth to thousands and ten thousands in our fields.

    14 Our oxen are well weighted down; our cows give birth safely; there is no going out, and there is no cry of sorrow in our open places.

  • Isa 30:23-24
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    73%

    23 And he will give rain for your seed, so that you may put it in the earth; and you will have bread from the produce of the earth, good and more than enough for your needs: in that day the cattle will get their food in wide grass-lands.

    24 And the oxen and the young asses which are used for ploughing, will have salted grain which has been made free from the waste with fork and basket.

  • Prov 27:23
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    23 Take care to have knowledge about the condition of your flocks, looking well after your herds;

  • Prov 14:3
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    3 In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

  • Job 21:10
    70%

    10 Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young.

  • Isa 7:25
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    25 And they will send out the oxen and the sheep on all the hills which before were worked with the spade, ... fear of blackberries and thorns.

  • Exod 21:35-36
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    35 And if one man's ox does damage to another man's ox, causing its death, then the living ox is to be exchanged for money, and division made of the price of it, and of the price of the dead one.

    36 But if it is common knowledge that the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and its owner has not kept it under control, he will have to give ox for ox; and the dead beast will be his.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7 He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

  • Isa 32:20
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    20 Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.

  • Prov 14:5
    70%

    5 A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.

  • Prov 13:11
    69%

    11 Wealth quickly got will become less; but he who gets a store by the work of his hands will have it increased.

  • Prov 12:11
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    11 He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

  • Deut 22:10
    69%

    10 Do not do your ploughing with an ox and an ass yoked together.

  • Prov 14:23-24
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    23 In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

    24 Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

  • Prov 11:14
    68%

    14 When there is no helping suggestion the people will have a fall, but with a number of wise guides they will be safe.

  • Prov 13:23
    68%

    23 There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

  • 1 Cor 9:9
    68%

    9 For it says in the law of Moses, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. Is it for the oxen that God is giving orders?

  • Prov 24:4-5
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    68%

    4 And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things.

    5 A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater.

  • Deut 28:4
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    4 A blessing will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herd, and the young of your flock.

  • Prov 26:3
    68%

    3 A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

  • Prov 20:4
    68%

    4 The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

  • Ps 8:7
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    7 All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field;

  • Isa 28:28
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    28 Is the grain for bread crushed? He does not go on crushing it for ever, but he lets his cart-wheels and his horses go over it without crushing it.

  • Eccl 4:6
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    6 One hand full of rest is better than two hands full of trouble and desire for wind.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33 Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Job 1:14
    67%

    14 And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:

  • Prov 28:19
    67%

    19 By ploughing his land a man will have bread in full measure; but he who goes after good-for-nothing persons will be poor enough.

  • Prov 15:22
    67%

    22 Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.

  • Prov 13:4
    67%

    4 The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

  • Prov 15:6
    67%

    6 In the house of the upright man there is a great store of wealth; but in the profits of the sinner there is trouble.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14 The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4 He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24 A man may give freely, and still his wealth will be increased; and another may keep back more than is right, but only comes to be in need.

  • Prov 3:10
    67%

    10 So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine.

  • 2 Chr 4:15
    67%

    15 The great water-vessel with the twelve oxen under it.

  • Eccl 5:11
    67%

    11 The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.

  • Eccl 10:18
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    18 When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.

  • Eccl 10:10
    67%

    10 If the iron has no edge, and he does not make it sharp, then he has to put out more strength; but wisdom makes things go well.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
    66%

    18 For the Writings say, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. And, The worker has a right to his reward.

  • Prov 11:29
    66%

    29 The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

  • Prov 24:30
    66%

    30 I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

  • Prov 15:17
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    17 Better is a simple meal where love is, than a fat ox and hate with it.

  • Prov 6:7
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    7 Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,