Proverbs 14:4
Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is empty. But where there are many crops, there the strength of the ox is manifest.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
In Context
3In the mouth of the foolish, there is a rod of arrogance. But the lips of the wise guard them.
5A faithful witness will not lie. But a deceitful witness offers a lie.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:23Much nourishment is in the fallow land of the fathers. But for others, it is gathered without judgment.
1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the law of Moses: “You shall not bind the mouth of an ox, while it is treading out the grain.” Is God here concerned with the oxen?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:4
3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. See here, 1. A proud fool exposing himself. Where there is pride in the heart, and no wisdom in the head to suppress it, it commonly shows itself in the words: In the mouth there is pride, proud boasting, proud censuring, proud scorning, proud commanding and giving law; this is the rod, or branch, of pride; the word is used only here and Isa. xi. 1 . It grows from that root of bitterness which is in the heart; it is a… Read the whole commentary →