Proverbs 14:4
Where no oxen are, the evus (feeding trough) is clean, 1 but much increase is by the ko'ach of the shor (ox). 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
5An ed emunim will not lie, 1 but an ed sheker will utter lies. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 13:23Rav ochel (much food) is in the untilled ground of the poor, 1 but for want of mishpat (justice) it is swept away. 1
1 Corinthians 9:9For, in the Torah of Moshe + 9:9 Rabbenu it has been written, LO TACHSOM SHOR BEDISHO (You shall not muzzle an ox treading grain). + 9:9 Dt 25:4 Surely it is not for oxen that Hashem 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 →