Proverbs 14:4
The Scripture
(4) Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
In Proverbs 14 the text contrasts the wise and the foolish, emphasizing that the wise person listens to counsel while the foolish one rejects it. It also notes that the wise man is a friend to the poor and the fool to the rich, and that the wise will prosper while the foolish will be his own ruin.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Amos 4:6Proverbs 13:23I Corinthians 9:9I Corinthians 9:10I Corinthians 9:11
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