Proverbs 14:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

Where there are no oxen, the crib is clean, but much increase comes by the strength of the ox.

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  • 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.' Does God care for oxen? 10 Or does He say it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he who plows should plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope. 11 If we have sown spiritual things for you, is it a great thing if we reap your material things?
  • Prov 13:23 : 23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for lack of judgment.
  • Amos 4:6 : 6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places: yet you have not returned to me, says the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 25:4
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    4You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.

  • Ps 144:13-14
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    13That our garners may be full, providing all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:

    14That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.

  • Isa 30:23-24
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    23Then shall he give the rain for your seed, that you shall sow the ground with; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be rich and plentiful: in that day your cattle shall feed in large pastures.

    24The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground shall eat clean provender, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

  • Prov 27:23
    72%

    23Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

  • Job 21:10
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    10Their bull breeds and does not fail; their cow calves and does not miscarry.

  • Isa 7:25
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    25And on all hills that shall be dug with the mattock, there shall not come the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.

  • Exod 21:35-36
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    35If one man's ox hurts another's, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money from it; and the dead ox they shall also divide.

    36Or if it is known that the ox was accustomed to gore in time past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall be his own.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7With which the mower does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.

  • Isa 32:20
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    20Blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send forth the feet of the ox and the donkey.

  • Prov 14:5
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    5A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness will utter lies.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall increase.

  • Prov 12:11
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    11He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, but he who follows vain persons is void of understanding.

  • Deut 22:10
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    10You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.

  • Prov 14:23-24
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    23In all labor there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

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

  • Prov 11:14
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    14Where there is no counsel, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for lack of judgment.

  • 1 Cor 9:9
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    9For it is written in the Law of Moses, 'You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.' Does God care for oxen?

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

    5A wise man is strong, yes, a man of knowledge increases strength.

  • Deut 28:4
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    4Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your kine, and the flocks of your sheep.

  • Prov 26:3
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    3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool’s back.

  • Prov 20:4
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    4The sluggard will not plow because of the cold; therefore he shall beg during harvest, and have nothing.

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

  • Isa 28:28
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    28Bread grain is crushed, yet he does not thresh it forever, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor crush it with his horsemen.

  • Eccl 4:6
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    6Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full, with toil and vexation of spirit.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known.

  • Job 1:14
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    14And a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,

  • Prov 28:19
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    19He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows vain persons shall have poverty enough.

  • Prov 15:22
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    22Without counsel purposes are disappointed, but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

  • Prov 13:4
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    4The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.

  • Prov 15:6
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    6In the house of the righteous is much treasure, but in the income of the wicked is trouble.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.

  • Prov 10:4
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    4He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

  • Prov 11:24
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    24There is one who scatters, and yet increases; and there is one who withholds more than is right, and it leads to poverty.

  • Prov 3:10
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    10So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

  • 2 Chr 4:15
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    15One sea, and twelve oxen under it.

  • Eccl 5:11
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    11When goods increase, they who eat them increase, and what good is there to the owners, except the beholding of them with their eyes?

  • Eccl 10:18
    67%

    18By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

  • Eccl 10:10
    67%

    10If the iron is blunt, and he does not sharpen the edge, then he must put forth more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

  • 1 Tim 5:18
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    18For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain. And, The laborer is worthy of his wages.

  • Prov 11:29
    66%

    29He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 24:30
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    30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

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    17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox with hatred.

  • Prov 6:7
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    7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,