Proverbs 14:4
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, 2 but much increase is by the strength of the ox. 1
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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 fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, 2 but the lips of the wise protect them. 1
5A truthful witness will not lie, 2 but a false witness pours out lies. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 13:23An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, 2 but lo'mishpat ·injustice· sweeps it away. 1
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 →