Proverbs 14:4

Where there are no cattle the feeding trough is clean, 1 but an abundant crop can come by the strength of an ox. 1

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Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

In Context

3From the mouth of a fool comes an offshoot of his pride, 1 but the lips of the wise will preserve them. 1

5A faithful witness does not lie, 1 but a false witness breathes out lies. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:23An unplowed field owned by the poor could produce much food, 1 but it is swept away by injustice. 1

1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the law of Moses, “Do not put a muzzle on an ox when it is treading out the grain.” Is it really the oxen that God cares about?

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 →

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