Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Treadeth out
General references
Bible References
Muzzle
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regards the life of his beast, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
1 Corinthians 9:9
For it is written in the law of Moses thou shall not muzzle an ox threshing grain. Is God concerned about oxen,
1 Timothy 5:17
Let the elders who rule well be regarded worthy of double compensation, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
Treadeth out
Isaiah 28:27
For the chick-peas are not threshed with a sharp instrument, nor is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin, but the chick-peas are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
Hosea 10:11
And Ephraim is a heifer that is taught, that loves to tread out [the grain]. But I have passed over upon her fair neck. I will set a rider on Ephraim. Judah shall plow. Jacob shall break his clods.
General references
Job 24:11
They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.