Proverbs 14:4
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Darby Translation
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 fool's mouth is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
5A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness uttereth lies.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:23Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment.
1 Corinthians 9:9For in the law of Moses it is written, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that is treading out corn. Is God occupied about 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 →