1 Corinthians 9:9

New Century Version

It is written in the law of Moses: “When an ox is working in the grain, do not cover its mouth to keep it from eating.” When God said this, was he thinking only about oxen? No.

Cross References

Psalm 104:27

All these things depend on you to give them their food at the right time.

Proverbs 12:10

Good people take care of their animals, but even the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.

Isaiah 28:28

The grain is ground to make bread. People do not ruin it by crushing it forever. The farmer separates the wheat from the chaff with his cart, but he does not let his horses grind it.

Jonah 4:11

Then shouldn’t I show concern for the great city Nineveh, which has more than one hundred twenty thousand people who do not know right from wrong, and many animals, too?”

Romans 4:23

Those words (“God accepted Abraham’s faith”) were written not only for Abraham

Deuteronomy 25:4

When an ox is working in the grain, do not cover its mouth to keep it from eating.

Deuteronomy 5:14

but the seventh day is a day of rest to honor the Lord your God. On that day no one may do any work: not you, your son or daughter, your male or female slaves, your ox, your donkey, or any of your animals, or the foreigners living in your cities. That way your servants may rest as you do.

1 Timothy 5:18

because the Scripture says: “When an ox is working in the grain, do not cover its mouth to keep it from eating,” and “A worker should be given his pay.”