Proverbs 14:4

Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is clean, but an abundant harvest is produced by strong oxen.

Proverbs 13:23

There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

Amos 4:6

"But surely I gave you no food to eat in any of your cities; you lacked food everywhere you live. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!

1 Corinthians 9:9-11

For it is written in the law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

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

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Amos 4:6
"But surely I gave you no food to eat in any of your cities; you lacked food everywhere you live. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking!

But

Proverbs 13:23
There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.
1 Corinthians 9:9
For it is written in the law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not concerned here about oxen, is he?

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