1 Corinthians 9:9

Catholic Public Domain Version

For it is written in the law of Moses: "You shall not bind the mouth of an ox, while it is treading out the grain." Is God here concerned with the oxen?

Cross References

Psalm 104:27

He placed with them signs of his word, and portents in the land of Ham.

Proverbs 12:10

The just one knows the lives of his beasts. But the inner most parts of the impious are cruel.

Isaiah 28:28

But grain for bread must be crushed. Truly, the thresher cannot thresh it unceasingly, and the cartwheel can neither disrupt it, nor break it with its surface.

Jonah 4:11

And shall I not spare Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand men, who do not know the difference between their right and their left, and many beasts?"

Romans 4:23

Now this has been written, that it was reputed to him unto justice, not only for his sake,

Deuteronomy 25:4

You shall not muzzle an ox as it is treading out your crops in the field.

Deuteronomy 5:14

The seventh is the day of the Sabbath, that is, the rest of the Lord your God. You shall not do any work in it, nor shall your son, nor daughter, nor man servant, nor woman servant, nor ox, nor donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor the sojourner who is within your gates, so that your men and woman servants may rest, just as you do.

1 Timothy 5:18

For Scripture says: "You shall not muzzle an ox as it is treading out the grain," and, "The worker is worthy of his pay."