Proverbs 14:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is clean, but an abundant harvest is produced by strong oxen.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:9-9 : 9 For it is written in the law of Moses,“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” God is not concerned here about oxen, is he? 10 Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest. 11 If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you?
  • Prov 13:23 : 23 Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.
  • Amos 4:6 : 6 “But surely I gave you no food to eat in all your cities; you lacked food everywhere you live. Still you did not come back to me.” The LORD is speaking!

Similar Verses (AI)

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    75%

    4You must not muzzle your ox when it is treading grain.

  • Ps 144:13-14
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    13Our storehouses will be full, providing all kinds of food. Our sheep will multiply by the thousands and fill our pastures.

    14Our cattle will be weighted down with produce. No one will break through our walls, no one will be taken captive, and there will be no terrified cries in our city squares.

  • Isa 30:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23He will water the seed you plant in the ground, and the ground will produce crops in abundance. At that time your cattle will graze in wide pastures.

    24The oxen and donkeys used in plowing will eat seasoned feed winnowed with a shovel and pitchfork.

  • Prov 27:23
    72%

    23Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds,

  • Prov 14:3
    71%

    3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • Job 21:10
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    10Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.

  • Isa 7:25
    70%

    25They will stay away from all the hills that were cultivated, for fear of the thorns and briers. Cattle will graze there and sheep will trample on them.

  • Exod 21:35-36
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    35If the ox of one man injures the ox of his neighbor so that it dies, then they will sell the live ox and divide its proceeds, and they will also divide the dead ox.

    36Or if it is known that the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner did not take the necessary precautions, he must surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal will become his.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7which cannot fill the reaper’s hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!

  • Isa 32:20
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    20you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.

  • Prov 14:5
    70%

    5A truthful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

  • Prov 13:11
    69%

    11Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich.

  • Prov 12:11
    69%

    11The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks sense.

  • Deut 22:10
    69%

    10You must not plow with an ox and a donkey harnessed together.

  • Prov 14:23-24
    2 verses
    69%

    23In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.

    24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.

  • Prov 11:14
    68%

    14When there is no guidance a nation falls, but there is success in the abundance of counselors.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

  • 1 Cor 9:9
    68%

    9For it is written in the law of Moses,“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

  • Prov 24:4-5
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    68%

    4by knowledge its rooms are filled with all kinds of precious and pleasing treasures.

    5A wise warrior is strong, and a man of knowledge makes his strength stronger;

  • Deut 28:4
    68%

    4Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

  • Prov 26:3
    68%

    3A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

  • Prov 20:4
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    4The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he asks for grain but has nothing.

  • Ps 8:7
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    7including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals,

  • Isa 28:28
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    28Grain is crushed, though one certainly does not thresh it forever. The wheel of one’s wagon rolls over it, but his horses do not crush it.

  • Eccl 4:6
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    6Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.

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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is not known in the inner parts of fools.

  • Job 1:14
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    14and a messenger came to Job, saying,“The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing beside them,

  • Prov 28:19
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    19The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty.

  • Prov 15:22
    67%

    22Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with abundant advisers they are established.

  • Prov 13:4
    67%

    4The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

  • Prov 15:6
    67%

    6In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.

  • Prov 15:14
    67%

    14The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 10:4
    67%

    4The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy.

  • Prov 11:24
    67%

    24One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty.

  • Prov 3:10
    67%

    10then your barns will be filled completely, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

  • 2 Chr 4:15
    67%

    15the big bronze basin called“The Sea” with its twelve bulls underneath,

  • Eccl 5:11
    67%

    11When someone’s prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes?

  • Eccl 10:18
    67%

    18Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.

  • Eccl 10:10
    67%

    10If an iron axhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge, he must exert a great deal of effort; so wisdom has the advantage of giving success.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
    66%

    18For the scripture says,“Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and,“The worker deserves his pay.”

  • Prov 11:29
    66%

    29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.

  • Prov 24:30
    66%

    30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks sense.

  • Prov 15:17
    66%

    17Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox where there is hatred.

  • Prov 6:7
    66%

    7It has no commander, overseer, or ruler,