Proverbs 14:4

World English Bible (2000)

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, "You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain." Is it for the oxen that God cares, 10 or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope. 11 If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
  • Prov 13:23 : 23 An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
  • Amos 4:6 : 6 "I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town; yet you haven't returned to me," says Yahweh.

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