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Proverbs 14:4 Cross-References
Explore 3 cross-references for Proverbs 14:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Proverbs chapter 14 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.”
Proverbs 14:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Proverbs 14:4
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox. Without livestock, the barn stays tidy but produces no crops. Productive work creates mess but yields increase. This verse observes that fruitfulness requires accepting inconvenience. The choice: sterile tidiness or messy productivity. Applied broadly: ministry, parenting, business - all productive endeavors create disorder while producing fruit.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Proverbs 14:4
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“You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.{Deuteronomy 25:4} Is it for the oxen that God cares”
“but injustice sweeps it away.”
“And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities”