Proverbs 14:4
Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.
Berean Standard Bible
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
3The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
5An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:23Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
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 →