Proverbs 14:4 (WEB)
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Fathers and councils · 2
“We therefore render thanks to Almighty God, that we see fulfilled in you what is written, Where there is much increase, there the strength of the oxen is manifest (Prov. xiv. 4).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For through the ploughshare of your tongue heavenly corn increases daily, and is multiplied in the garners on high; so that in you we rejoice that what is written is fulfilled, Where there is much increase, there is manifest the strength of the oxen (Prov. xiv. 4).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV XIII.19.