Proverbs 14:4

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

Cross-references

In Proverbs 12:11, tilling land yields bread — the same agricultural diligence that requires oxen as in Proverbs 14:4.

Proverbs 13:23 Related theme

Proverbs 13:23 notes poor's land could yield food but injustice prevents it — complementary to oxen's strength producing crops.

In Proverbs 28:19, tilling land brings plenty — reinforcing the value of agricultural labor that oxen enable in Proverbs 14:4.

1 Corinthians 9:9-10 applies the law about unmuzzled oxen to workers' support — echoes that oxen's strength yields harvest.