1 Corinthians 9:9

New English Translation

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?

Cross References

Psalm 104:27

All of your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, but even the most compassionate acts of the wicked are cruel.

Isaiah 28:28

Grain is crushed, though one certainly does not thresh it forever. The wheel of one’s wagon rolls over it, but his horses do not crush it.

Jonah 4:11

Should I not be even more concerned about Nineveh, this enormous city? There are more than one hundred twenty thousand people in it who do not know right from wrong, as well as many animals!”

Romans 4:23

But the statement it was credited to him was not written only for Abraham’s sake,

Deuteronomy 25:4

You must not muzzle your ox when it is treading grain.

Deuteronomy 5:14

but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest.

1 Timothy 5:18

For the scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker deserves his pay.”