Where no oxen are, the crib is clean... — A proverb which may be taken in various ways. Some have seen in it an exhortation to kindness towards animals in consideration of their great usefulness. Others, that labour has its disagreeable aspect, but also brings its reward, whether material prosperity (“much increase”) or a more enduring reward. (Comp. Galatians 6:9.)
Verse Proverbs 14:4. _BUT MUCH INCREASE_ IS _BY THE STRENGTH OF THE OX._] The _ox_ is the most profitable of all the _beasts_ used in _husbandry_. Except merely for _speed_, he is almost in every resp...
i. e., Labor has its rough, unpleasant side, yet it ends in profit. So also, the life of contemplation may seem purer, “cleaner “than that of action. The outer business of the world brings its cares a...
CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the foolish i...
PROVERBS 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. There are rather more in this chapter of a political a...
OXEN. While these were multiplied, horses were prohibited....
_the crib is clean_ and therefore the labour of cleansing and replenishing it is avoided; but the fruit of such labour is lost also. This is what we ourselves understand by a "proverb," a salient exam...
WHERE NO OXEN ARE— This verse contains an admonition for the man without doors; as the first for the woman within; that he do not neglect his husbandry, of which, it is well known, oxen were the princ...
CHAPTER 14 TEXT Proverbs 14:1-12 1. Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands. 2. He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah; But he that i...
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. WHERE NO OXEN ARE, THE CRIB IS CLEAN - i:e, Where there is no tillage of the ground (which in the East is effe...
1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
Where there are no oxen men have not to labour at keeping the crib clean, but at the same time there is no profit. The men who unload coal in Calais harbour used to sing: 'The coalis black, but the mo...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 14 V1 The wise woman builds her house. The foolish woman pulls down her own house with her own hands....
The wise farmer knows that he needs oxen (strong farm animals) to plough his fields. Without them, he cannot produce crops. Oxen can be difficult animals for a farmer. They need plenty of food. The f...
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CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10 "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the...
Verse Proverbs 14:7. The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be abandone...
Where no (d) oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much increase [is] by the strength of the ox. (d) By the ox is meant labour, and by the crib the barn, meaning, without labour there is no profit....
_Empty. As the land has not bee cultivated. (Haydock) --- Strength, or number of oxen. (Calmet) --- "The virtue of the preachers is manifested where there are many converted to produce fruit." (St. Gr...
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. In the mou...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
WHERE NO OXEN [ARE] THE CRIB [IS] CLEAN,.... Or "empty" z, so Jarchi and Aben Ezra. Oxen were used in Judea in several parts of husbandry; in ploughing the land, bringing home the corn, and in threshi...
Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much increase [is] by the strength of the ox. Ver. 4. _Where no oxen are, the crib is clean._] The barn and garners are empty. _Neque mola, neque farina;...
_Where no oxen are, the crib is clean_ The crib and stable may be easily kept clean where there are few or no oxen: but there is so much advantage arising from tilling the ground, that it is better to...
V. 4. WHERE NO OXEN ARE, THE CRIB IS CLEAN, the manger is empty, that is, he who is too lazy or too indolent to use the proper means for acquiring possessions under God's blessings will find that he m...
THE CRIB IS CLEAN; the barn or stable is empty of food for cattle, and much more for man, whose food is more scarce and dear. In the same sense _cleanness of teeth_ is put for famine, AMOS 4:6. BY THE...
Proverbs 14:4 oxen H504 trough H18 clean H1249 much H7230 increase H8393 strength H3581 ox H7794 clean -...
THE ONE WHO FEARS YHWH WALKS IN UPRIGHTNESS, IS PRESERVED BY WHAT HE SAYS, ENJOYS PROSPERITY, IS A TRUE WITNESS AND EASILY COMES TO UNDERSTANDING (PROVERBS 14:2). The one who fears YHWH walks in uprig...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and high, shall be brought to disgrace and at length made extinct. The...
Proverbs 14:1. _Every wise woman buildeth her house,_ as Proverbs 9:1, by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is their first governess, and daily instils the elements of knowle...
_Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox._ THE LAW OF INCREASE The illustration is drawn from husbandry, and in a country like Palestine, where the ox had...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:4 If the STRENGTH OF THE OX is the means for plowing the ground to produce ABUNDANT CROPS, then protecting OXEN in a stable is a necessary part of the labor,
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:4_ THE CLEAN CRIB I. AN EMPTY AND CLEAN CRIB DOES NOT FULFIL THE END FOR WHICH IT WAS MADE. It was made for use; it was made to hold food for the ox, who earns, by his...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 14:1 EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficially. Γυναι...
Continuation of the contrasting of goodness and evil. Every wise woman (Proverbs 14:1) And wise and foolish contrasted always, too. Every wise woman builds her house (Proverbs 14:1): She takes care...
1 Corinthians 9:9; Amos 4:6; Proverbs 13:23...
The crib — The stable is empty of food for cattle, and much more for man. In the same sense cleanness of teeth is put for famine, Amos 4:6. The strength — By their labours, or by diligence in husbandr...