1 Corinthians 9:9

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For it is written in the law of Moses, Do not muzzle an ox   while it treads out grain.   , Is God really concerned about oxen?

Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:4

‘Do not muzzle an ox while it treads out grain.

1 Timothy 5:18

For the Scripture says: Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,   , and, ‘The worker is worthy of his wages.’

Jonah 4:11

So may I not care about the great city of Nineveh,  which has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot distinguish between their right and their left,  as well as many animals? ’

Deuteronomy 5:14

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. Do not do any work #– #you, your son or daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or donkey, any of your livestock, or the resident foreigner who lives within your city gates, so that your male and female slaves may rest as you do.

Proverbs 12:10

The righteous cares about his animal’s health, but even the merciful acts of the wicked are cruel.

Romans 4:23

Now it was credited to him   was not written for Abraham alone,

Isaiah 28:28

Bread grain is crushed, but is not threshed endlessly. Though the wheel of the farmer’s cart rumbles, his horses do not crush it.