4 ⌊When there are no⌋* oxen the manger is empty, but an abundance of crops comes by the strength of an ox.*
Proverbs 14:4 Cross References - LEB
Proverbs 13:23
Amos 4:6
6 "And I* in turn gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places. Yet you did not return to me," is the declaration of Yahweh.
1 Corinthians 9:9-11
9 For in the law of Moses it is written, "You must not muzzle an ox while it* is threshing."* It is not about oxen God is concerned, is it?*
10 Or doubtless does he speak ⌊for our sake⌋*? For it is written ⌊for our sake⌋*, because the one who plows ought to plow in hope and the one who threshes ought to do so in hope of a share.
11 If we have sown spiritual things among you, is it too great a thing if we reap material things from you?