Proverbs 14:4 · KJV
“Where no oxen {are}, the crib {is} clean: but much increase {is} by the strength of the ox.”
— Proverbs 14:4
In the mouth of the foolish {is} a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Proverbs 14 — Context
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but {he that is} perverse in his ways despiseth him.
3In the mouth of the foolish {is} a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
4Where no oxen {are}, the crib {is} clean: but much increase {is} by the strength of the ox.
5A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and {findeth it} not: but knowledge {is} easy unto him that understandeth.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 9:9-11
For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
Proverbs 13:23
Much food {is in} the tillage of the poor: but there is {that is} destroyed for want of judgment.
Amos 4:6
And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.