Proverbs 14:4
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
5A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness breatheth forth lies.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:23Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is swept away by want of righteousness.
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 →