1 Corinthians 9:9

The English Standar Version

For it is written in the Law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned?

Cross References

Psalm 104:27

These all look to you, to give them their food in due season.

Proverbs 12:10

Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

Isaiah 28:28

Does one crush grain for bread? No, he does not thresh it forever;[5] when he drives his cart wheel over it with his horses, he does not crush it.

Jonah 4:11

And should not I pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?"

Romans 4:23

But the words "it was counted to him" were not written for his sake alone,

Deuteronomy 25:4

"You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.

Deuteronomy 5:14

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you.

1 Timothy 5:18

For the Scripture says, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain," and, "The laborer deserves his wages."