Proverbs 14:4
Where no oxen are, there the cribbe is emptie: but much encrease commeth by the toyle of the oxe.
Bible (Bishops')
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 foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.
5A faithfull witnesse will not dissemble: but a false recorde wyll make a lye.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:23There is plenteousnesse of foode in the fieldes of the poore: but the fielde not well ordered, is without fruite.
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 →