Proverbs 14:4
Where there are no oxen, the crib is clean; But there is great increase by the strength of the ox.
Noyes 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
3In the mouth of the foolish pride is a scourge; But the lips of the wise preserve them.
5A faithful witness doth not lie; But a false witness poureth forth lies.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:23There is much food from the fallow-ground of the poor; But there is who is brought low for want of uprightness.
1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the law of Moses: “Thou shalt not muzzle an ox while treading out grain.” Is it for oxen that God careth?
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 →