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Deuteronomy 25:4
Deuteronomy 25:4 is verse 4 of Deuteronomy chapter 25, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
Cited in 1 Corinthians 9:9 and 1 Timothy 5:18
King James Version
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
World English Bible
You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.
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Deuteronomy 25:2–6 · Berean Standard Bible
2 If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
3 He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
4 Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
5 When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.
6 The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 12:10A righteous man regards the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are only cruelty.
1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
1 Corinthians 9:10Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.
1 Timothy 5:17Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
1 Timothy 5:18For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”
Isaiah 28:27Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.
Hosea 10:11Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.