Proverbs 14:4

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.”

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BSBPD

“Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Without oxen a stall <FI>is<Fi> clean, And great <FI>is<Fi> the increase by the power of the ox.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 14:4 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 39:11Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
  2. Proverbs 13:23Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
  3. Amos 4:6“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
  4. 1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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